Fitting The Stereotype
03.03.08
Posted under: Blog365, Life
So my sister sent me a link to try and sign up for a tutoring service, to be a tutor that is. As I’m filling out the profile, they ask me which subjects I would feel comfortable tutoring in and below, I’m going to list the first two subjects: English and Math.
English
X English - Elem
X English - Middle
_ English - HS
_ English AP - HS
_ I have a degree in English
_ SAT 1 (Verbal Portion)
Math
X Math - Elem
X Basic Math - Middle
X Pre-Algebra - Middle
X Algebra - Middle
X Algebra II - Middle
X Algebra I - HS
X Algebra II - HS
X Geometry - HS
X Trig - HS
X Pre Calculus - HS
X Calculus - HS
X Statistics - HS
_ I have a degree in Math
X SAT 1 (Math Portion)
I know that I’m an Asian American, but geez, do I have to fit the stereotype that Asians are good at math this much? I can’t help it! I loved math during school and always cheated on my English portions (before high school anyway). Anyway, hopefully I’ll land a nice weekend job or something.
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Tags: asians, Blog365, math, stereotypes, tutor, tutoring, tutoring services
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Nicole typed:
Monday, March 3, 2008 @ 10:22 pm GMT-8
I didn’t know that “fact” about Asians
I suck in math
rowmel answered:
Monday, March 3, 2008 @ 10:40 pm GMT-8
I am good at Math as well as English. Critical Thinking and Logic help me out in a lot of things including Math.
In my middle school, 7 out of the top 10 smartest kids were Asian, and in my high school 6 out of the top 10 smartest were Asian as well. Actually, they were Filipino, haha, well anyways, we all had to maintain good in everything (including English) to break into the top 10.
I always thought English was the easiest cause I could b.s. mostly anything.
Chris Carter replied:
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 @ 12:14 pm GMT-8
I am white and I love math. I am just like you, love math,dislike english.
Julie said:
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 @ 6:57 pm GMT-8
*hugs* I’m glad you’re a smarty, whether it’s a stereotype or not, it’s a great skill to have a brain in that pretty head
Jessica voiced:
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 @ 10:36 am GMT-8
At least one of us can do math. I can’t do it at all - okay, maybe just a little bit. So I definitely admire anyone who can do it.