Assignment 21 - Justin Zhu

One large obstacle I've faced is differing between my family's traditional Chinese values and more modern American values. Personally I've grown up to become what I consider a relatively normal American kid. I enjoy my freedom, talking to my friends and playing games and sports. While my parents don't mind what I do socially, its over academics where my values and their's clash. My parents always want me to be the top of my class and have amazing test scores. Even my high ACT score, my dad wasn't satisfied at all because it wasn't "perfect." On the other hand, I want to be more relaxed. I don't mind being an average student without straight A's so I don't actively study or practice academic skills at home. I'd much rather play games with my other friends than stay in the kitchen going over Spanish. It's over this conflict of personal values over academics that I've learned to split my time more evenly, playing games primarily on the weekend while spending most of the weekday studying or working on assignments and finding extra time in class to review for an upcoming test or quiz.