Ever since the beginning of summer, my family decided to enter a foster child program, where we take in a foster kid in exchange for money. We decided to do this because both of my parents were unemployed, but my mom found a new job and began to work since Monday. Well, the foster kid is a junior and goes to the same high school with me. We talked a "few" times before he started to live with us. We know the same friends at school, but he hangs out with his crowd and I hang out with my crowd. The crowd the foster kid hangs out with are the kids that party and drink every weekend. I despise those types of people, people who throw away there future for moments of "fun". I go out every now and then, but I know when to stop myself and focus on school. Those people just throw their education away and party with drinks. My father also despises people like that, and I guess it kind of rubbed on to me.
Anyways, the foster kid doesn't do well academically, receives low grades, such and such... And my mom checks our grades online that has been posted by teachers every week. She compares me to the foster kid for not doing well in Calculus. She says consider the fosters kid's grades from last year, he improved. I pointed out that he is still in a freshmen math class(Geometry) and science class(biology), taking easy electives, and still doesn't manage to get A's too. But since this year I only have four periods, meaning I get two extra hours to myself, by doing homework in the library or leaving early. But I can't leave early because I need to wait for the foster kid so we both can be picked up at the same time, thus leaving me to do homework. My mom thinks that because I have two periods off, I can magically get higher grades in my other 4 classes. She points out my grade in Calculus and says that I'm doing worst than the foster kid. I get frustrated and tell her that my oldest brother and sister have had troubles with Calculus in the past too. If they can stumble in Calculus, why can't I?? Then she compares my AP English(Advance Placement) class to his regular English class.
I can go on with this forever... but I'm tired of being compared to other kids all the time. I'm always compared to my "smarter and better" cousins that are around the same age as me. Why can't my parents ever see the faults of the people that they compare me with, I can. My cousins maybe smart, but when it comes down to speaking their native asian tongue, they can't say anything. When it comes down to asian culture gatherings, they always wait for me to show them how to do it.
I never speak bad about my parents and rarely talk back to them, but... things need to be said, and if they can't see what I see, then hopefully I can do something in the future that would shut them up.
Anyways, the foster kid doesn't do well academically, receives low grades, such and such... And my mom checks our grades online that has been posted by teachers every week. She compares me to the foster kid for not doing well in Calculus. She says consider the fosters kid's grades from last year, he improved. I pointed out that he is still in a freshmen math class(Geometry) and science class(biology), taking easy electives, and still doesn't manage to get A's too. But since this year I only have four periods, meaning I get two extra hours to myself, by doing homework in the library or leaving early. But I can't leave early because I need to wait for the foster kid so we both can be picked up at the same time, thus leaving me to do homework. My mom thinks that because I have two periods off, I can magically get higher grades in my other 4 classes. She points out my grade in Calculus and says that I'm doing worst than the foster kid. I get frustrated and tell her that my oldest brother and sister have had troubles with Calculus in the past too. If they can stumble in Calculus, why can't I?? Then she compares my AP English(Advance Placement) class to his regular English class.
I can go on with this forever... but I'm tired of being compared to other kids all the time. I'm always compared to my "smarter and better" cousins that are around the same age as me. Why can't my parents ever see the faults of the people that they compare me with, I can. My cousins maybe smart, but when it comes down to speaking their native asian tongue, they can't say anything. When it comes down to asian culture gatherings, they always wait for me to show them how to do it.
I never speak bad about my parents and rarely talk back to them, but... things need to be said, and if they can't see what I see, then hopefully I can do something in the future that would shut them up.
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