This reading was interesting because it's so drastically different from the experience I have with my family. I don't know if it's stereotypical Asian, but my family embraces the fact that I'm continuing my education and there's no separation at all when we have a family get together.
Rodriguez mentions that he wanted to keep his success in his education to himself, but within our family, the parents will not shut up about who just graduated, who just got into med school, who is beginning their MBA at USC soon, etc. I can't even fathom having to hide educational success within my family.
This reminds me of a peer's paper that I read who had to hide the fact that she loved reading from her father because I had that same mindboggling feeling of not being able to comprehend what that could feel like.
After reading about how Rodriguez's parents wanted him to get an education to deflate the "dumb Pancho" stereotype, it made sense why our family's reaction to education differed. I feel like my parents don't feel a need to deflate a stereotype, but to upkeep one.
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