StereoTypes, asians and school Options

[emmalie]

hopefully this doesnt offend anyone

Alot of people I know associate asians with being super smart..or reallii good at math ..Do you know anyone who gets mad because of this stereotype or it just doesnt matter ?


Just in case..im not Asian im Dominican ( hispanic ) and this isnt the way i feel towards asians just a simple question.

[HelloSunshine]

hmm...yes..i mean no, I don't know anyone who gets mad, but yes, that'as true lol...I don't think people should stereotype....it's disrespectful, i think, anyways, I'm a straight A student and I'm not asian. I'm hispanic (=

[xj_liana_tx]

quote from a friend "your the most stereotype-racist i know"

[Just_Dream]

I'm Asian and most of the time yes I get A's on things. But usually I get 1 B on my report card.

Anyway, often I get A's, other other half of the time, I get B's. I've gotten C's on things before.. But it doesn't bring my grades down too much.. I'm trying to be a striaght A student, but there's always 1 teacher who can't teach and screws everyone over.

Anyway, I know people that ask me for things everyday. I don't mind if it's my friends because usually, my friends would help me out when I need it the most. Thus, I think it's balanced out. But There's others who go and always ask me to let them copy this and that, asking me for the answers to the test... Yea, sometimes I do have answers for tests (yes, sometimes I do cheat), but even so, I had to do something in order to get those answers. Such as letting them copy something or helping them out with something, and they help me. Or I got a friend to teach me something to help me with a test because I was confused, and then some people would ask to copy my paper..

I'm sort of a pushover, thus I end up letting them.. sometimes I might say no, and I don't let them.

But most of the time, I know what I'm doing, so they might ask me about it and whatnot.

[gigiopolis]

It doesn't piss me off...why would I be pissed off at a stereotype that makes me look smart?

And for the most part, it's true. For some odd reason, a LOT of Asians are very talented in math. It's weird. =\ Only the extremely Americanized Asians don't do as well. I honestly wonder why. That's just weird logic.

I get annoyed when people ask me questions about homework or concepts in something. I get annoyed at anyone who doesn't take school seriously and slacks off...unfortunately I'm just not as nice as Just_Dream is. That's one of my resolutions though...stop being such a b*tch about everything.

[misoka]

It doesn't make me mad when I hear it.

I prove the stereotype wrong sometimes when it comes to my grades. I get extremely lazy sometimes...*shrug*

It just doesn't matter. It's true in some cases, and it's not in others. People are generally smart in their own way~

[AznPride4590]

Hmm, not offensive, unless you call us asians Geeky a$$ nerds or whatever. But i my school is smart as hell so...i guess we're all nerds here.
*im asian and proud

[wayne]

its the same as how people talk about white people and doing crazy things, or middle easterns and osama bin laden, and how people think of the whole black people and "bling"... i hate all of them... they get on my nerves

[xquizit]

Why would you get mad at people for thinking you're super smart?

[xxmzkrnpunkster4]

im korean but im not good at math at all.i totally suck at math. but lately ive been doing good but not all asians r smart or good at math.

i don really take it offencive just when ppl ask me if im chinese. i have nothing against chinese ppl im juss sayin it kinda makes me mad cuz ppl ASSUME that korean ppl are the same as chinese. not really.

-Heather

[miss barnes]

i have no idea. i think there are like a couple asians in my school & none of them have classes w/ me

[miszkristinexox]

Why would you get mad at people for thinking you're super smart?

ha true.

but everybodys like oh yeah shes asian, she probably got a 100. kinda annoying.

[Note]

Nope. Ppl at our school think were stupid. cause were the “ghetto” Asian peeps that hang out at the east yard. But we all maintain a nice gpa. Sure I drop my grades now and then, but I must say that I suck at algebra.

::jerry::

[noaccounthere]

Our school stereotypes asians as being smart... But then again our school is 60% asian. Stupid school also kicks out people without an acceptable GPA so everyone in my school basically is smart. Which sucks cause a gpa of 3.90 could rank 20th while a gpa of 3.84 could bring u down to like rank 30 or something.

[xTINAA]

yeah it is a major stereotype but there are many others for the other races too. and usually the asian stereotype of being smart and good at math is only a stereotype because of how most asians act towards their school work. they try to work really really really hard because trust me, asian parents are hella strict about school and grades and crap. and no i don`t really know anyone that gets totally offended by it, just annoyed. i think that it gets annoying and possibly offensive when a person relates everything they say and that happens, to stereotypes. like i know a kid who will be like, "oh it`s because i`m asian huh?" "you don`t get straight A`s?..omg but you`re asian!!" and says stuff like that all the time. that`s when it`s time to say stfu =) haha
ohh one more thing, haha i think most people who talk about stereotypes and racist remarks and such, (like that one kid i was talking about) talk about it so much because them, themselves make a lot of stereotypes and might actually believe in them.

[teeners4]

my school for sure! but it doesnt cause any major problems. haha. im chinese and im not artistic or good at math! but people say i am it's all in good fun

[gelionie]

*lol* I'm Asian and I'm certainly not good at Maths... well at least that's what I think.

[x__TOOT]

i don't think all asians are really smart or really good at math.
there are a lot of asians that go to my school, and only some are really smart and good at math.. i'm asian, but i don't think i'm really good at math, and i'm not saying that i'm really smart either. i'd say i'd fall in between with the average people. :)

[omega_cc]

well then i wouldnt fit the description...lol im failing
but i could care less, cuz i no i can do it lol and i bet YOU'D b failing too if you attended about 10 days of school in a term...lol

[emmalie]

Why would you get mad at people for thinking you're super smart?

well you know how some teenagers are they rather be considered as the rebel who doesnt give a f·ck about anything than the smart guy who you can copy all your homework from.

[*Xxswiftxx*]

(uhhh wats a sterotype uhh preson or thing?)

[*jooleeah*]

Ahh. It's sort of half and half for me. One half is like hey, i'm glad i'm being known as a smart person but the other, i get annoyed. Because if i get a B or something, these people will go " OMG! BUT YOU'RE ASIAN! aha you're one of the STUPID asians!"

[*autumn.*]

well you know how some teenagers are they rather be considered as the rebel who doesnt give a f·ck about anything than the smart guy who you can copy all your homework from.

omgz, cuz datz so kewl.

[makulit]

Personally, I'm horrible in math, but I do make up for it in other classes that I happen to do well in. People from my school do make that stereotype that because I'm Asian, I'm automatically SUPER SMART! Wrong. It almost makes me feel bad when they copy off my homework because they end up getting a 42 .. hahaha. Then they completely blame me for it.

[Saeglopur]

My school doesn't strerotype by ethenticity.. or race.

It's usually either how rich you are..