PeRfEcT KoReAn

WeLcOmE tO tHe ToP 20 WaYs To Be ThaT "PeRfEcT KoReAn"


HOW TO BE THE PERFECT KOREAN PARENT

(from the second generation perspective)

1. Be a little more lenient on the 7pm curfew.
2. Don't ask were the other point went when your child comes home with a 99 course grade on his/her report card.
3. Don't "ay-goo" loudly at your kid's dress habits.
4. Don't blatantly hint about the merits of "Hah-bah-deuh"(Harvard), "Yae-Ihll(Yale), or "Ssu-tan-po-deuh"(Stanford).
5. Don't reveal all the intimate details of your kid's life to the entire Korean community.
6. Don't ask your kid, "What are you doing with your life?" if he/she majors in a non-science field.
7. Don't give your son a bowl haircut or your daugter two acres of bangs.
8. Don't try to set your kid up on a date in anticipation of their poor taste or inept social skills.
9. Incorporate other phrases beside, "Did you study yet?" into your daily conversations with your children.
10. Don't ask all your kid's friends over the age of 21 if they have a boyfriend/girlfriend yet.
11. Don't search their room.
12. Don't open your kid's mail.
13. Don't listen in on their phone conversations.
14. Don't keep feeding them after they've said I'm going to burst with one more bite.
15. Allow them to sleep over at a friend's house instead of just letting friends sleep over at your's.
16. Don't tell them to read their Bible everyday instead of wasting their time watching tv.
17. Don't ask them about what they think about every Korean girl/guy you mutually know.
18. Don't compare your kids with those of others.
19. At least let them go to a school dance.
20. Let them develop a real personality instead of molding them into socially challenged individuals.

HOW TO BE A PERFECT KOREAN KID

(from the first generation perspective)

1. Score 1600 on SAT
2. Play the violin or piano or both at the level of a concert performer.
3. Apply to and be accepted by 27 colleges.
4. Have three hobbies: studying, studying, and studying.
5. Go to a prestigious Ivy League university and win enough scholarships to pay for it.
6. Love classical music and detest talking on the telephone.
7. Become a Westinghouse, Presidential, and eventually a Rhodes Scholar.
8. Aspire to be a brain surgeon.
9. Marry a Korean-american doctor and have perfect, successful children(grandkids!).
10. Love to hear stories about your parents' childhood...especially the one about walking about 7 miles to school without shoes.
11. Speak perfect, respectful Korean to your parents' friends.
12. Never go out to party.
13. Don't smoke or drink.
14. Be a clean freak.
15. Become an incredibly faithful Christian, but don't you dare think of going to seminary.
16. Dress like Forrest Gump.
17. Be totally obedient along the lines of a robot with no mind of your own.
18. Marry and provide grandchildren ASAP.
19. Never move out of the house.
20. Be better than everybody else's kids!


BaCk

1