[Leica] Quiz time....

[jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

As an Indian let me say that this is very common - everyone wants their kids 
to have a professional degree in engineering/medicine/accountancy etc., so 
that they get a good job, and as said below guarantee economic security, 
very often not for the student alone, but the entire family. The stakes are 
very much larger here.
Cheers
Jayanand Govindaraj
Chennai, India


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Quiz time....


> Interesting - I was really startled when I first heard this, and thought
> it was an aberration - but now I've heard it enough times to know that
> it is not. My assumption is that Dad is selecting a career path for
> junior that Dad feels will guarantee economic security - but who knows.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:38 AM
> To: Leica Users Group; 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Quiz time....
>
>
> There is a lot of truth to that. As the first college kid in the family,
> I
> totally chose my own destiny and career path (which I can't explain to
> them, it's tough to explain writing embedded compilers to folks who
> hardly
> speak English!) and my wife and I try hard not to push our kidz too
> hard.
> Fortunately (!) neither of our kidz is a genius type in math or music or
>
> any of the traditional things that Asians suppose to excel in.... It's a
>
> difficult fine line to tread as a parent.
>
> At 07:03 AM 2/3/2005, B. D. Colen wrote:
>>... there are a hell of allot of kids at MIT on
>>the undergrad level who are their because their parents have pushed
>>very hard for them to be there. I find this especially true with the
>>Asian and South Asian kids, some of whom have told me flat out that not
>
>>only were they 'told' to go to MIT, they are 'told' by their fathers
>>what to major in - and they often hate their majors.
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
> please
> use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
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