Immigrate Family Analysis

金山 or Gold Mountain was the name given to the United States by the people of China looking for new opportunities. The immigration story on my mother’s side of the family begins with my great-grandfather’s journey to the United States in search for a better life for himself, his wife, and his four children. At this time, the majority of the population in China was living in poverty. Being able to come to America was the dream of many in the hopes they would be able to become wealthy.

At the beginning of our project, I just know a little about cultural differences between Canada and China. In order to have a better understanding of these cultural differences, I read a great many articles and searched amounts of relevant information on the Internet. Fortunately, the information of these cultural differences is not obscure, which enables me to step into the field more easily and is beneficial for us to carry out our project. In addition, to know more about the most common cultural differences, I have interviewed many people around us and asked them about local foods and transportation. In addition, I also went to the Masonville Mall

Western parents allow their children to to accept that fact that they got a bad grade on some assignment, while Chinese parents make their children correct whatever they did wrong. Chinese parents order their children to get exceptional grades, while Western parents can only ask their children to do well. Chua says, “If a child came home with an A- on test, a Western parent will most likely praise the child, but the Chinese mother will gasp in horror and ask what went wrong”(Chua 307). Chinese parents believe their children are capable of doing anything as long as they work hard at achieving it. Western parents can only help their children do well in school by trying to prepare them, and not pushing too hard. Chinese parents think that their children owe them everything and not the other way around. This is most likely because Chinese parents work very hard at raising capable children, and that they have worked hard to make them productive in life. Therefore, the parents expect much in return. Chua says “my husband Jed actually has

A famous actor, Michael J. Fox once said, “Family is not an important thing it is everything”. In the same way, family will be with one through hard times and love one no matter what. The two stories that best prove family is the cultural element that informs the way individuals view others and the world are Two Ways to Belong in America and By Any Other Name. The impact family has on cultural perspective can be clearly seen when one views the teachings, names, books, and tradition. However, family might not always be the best cultural element, because family may disappoint one or not help them. Despite this, family will still be there for their children at difficult times to help them get through their struggles. Family is the cultural

For starters, the articles College Pressures and Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior both talk about pressures students and children face. Though, the difference is Amy Chau’s article mainly talks about parental pressures while William Zinsser’s College Pressures discusses about economic, parental, peer, and self-induced pressures. As stated in Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, Chinese parents often push their children to strive for perfection: this means perfect grades, perfect standardized testing scores, and a perfect life. Western parents, thought, strive for their children’s happiness leading to less “successful” children as claimed by Chau. Therefore, through wanting a more successful child, Chinese parents place a huge amount of stress

Chua mentions that there is an abundance of books which portray Chinese mothers negatively, but that Chinese mothers actually often believe that they care more about their children than Western parents. She concludes by explaining that parents, whether they are Chinese or Western, all want the best for their children. Western parents and Chinese mothers just have a very different way of parenting.

The United States of America has repeatedly been called a “land of immigrants” due to its extensive and continuing history of taking in large amounts of foreign born people from all over the world. Despite this, immigration has always been a controversial subject. These issues have existed as far back as the time of George Washington—when it was thought that too many German settlers would flood and eventually stamp out the treasured British culture of the colonies. Throughout history, each new wave of immigrants has brought along new fears and disputes. In the face of these hardships, immigrants have carved out places for themselves within the United States and even succeeded in paving the way for future

Family, as Macionis states (2015), is a social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children. The family is therefore a micro-level society where individuals can experience socialization, emotional support, and financial security. The behavioral direction and philosophies a family will apply in their livelihood is influenced by the macro-level society (nation, village, culture). For example families that developed in westernized civilizations may be more attuned to follow the principles of monogamy, placing their children in an institution, social placements of traditional gender roles and other social inspirations; nevertheless, families formed in particular eastern

It is easy to compare the difference between how American and Chinese treat achievements. In china, people always treat achievement as a personal honor. There are a lot of competitions in china for students and adults. The winner will depend on what score or grade they got. People will only pay attention on the first place no matter how hard did other person tried. In fact, only your family members will feel happy for

According to Amy Chua, Chinese parents are superior to Western parents because they are strict and controlling. Chinese parents don’t allow their kids to get any grade less

It can be discussed whether or not the Chinese parents raise their children and do what they do out of pure love to their children or if it is a competition and a self-centered act. Parenting in the west focuses on the feelings of the child and whatever the child is passionate about, the parents support. A western parent would never call their children fat and ugly with the

In The Great Learning (大学), It says if they wishing to order well their states, they first regulated their families (欲治其国者，先齐其家). The Chinese family is the basic concept of Chinese society. There are two key ideas in traditional Chinese value: paternity （父权） and filial piety（孝道）.

China has been undergoing number of social and economic changes throughout its communist history. There is no doubt that these socio-economic changes have influenced the society both positively and negatively. The most two significant changes of all would be the Cultural Revolution which took place during 1960s and the economic transition to the market economy, which has been in effect since 1980s. In this research paper I will focus on the impacts of the ongoing socio-economic changes on what is called a “traditional” family in China. To be more specific, I will try to analyze how the divorce has become one of the “new values” of a “modern” Chinese family.

China has very different gender roles compared to other countries. In China being a man usually means that you are the head of the house, but in other countries women are typically considered to be the ones who are the head of the house. The women are obedient to the men due to the fact that they are the ones who are the head of the house. Ever since the beginning women were taught to always follow the lead of men. The role for men is to provide to their families and continue their family bloodline. In China if the man were to die the women would have to take over, but only until the eldest son is at age to take over. China has its own gender role descriptions as well just like Mexico and they are YIN and Yang. YIN or “women” are described as soft, passive, and weak. YANG or “man” is described as hard, dominating and assertive. Both these descriptions have had a strong impact on gender roles in China

As of U.S students must at least be 16 to 18 years of age by state law before dropping out of school. So therefore, the United States educational standards are not as high as Chinas’. As stated in an online article, “While in America attending high school is a right, in China children are required to test into their preferred high schools. Students can attempt to obtain higher education by passing entrance exams, which asks questions from a multitude of subjects and uses the final scores to rank and file students to different institutions.” (Fang, 2016) On one hand, going to school in America for some students is a joke. On the other hand, students in China are set to achieve their maximum educational skills at a very young age. Chinas’ students are taught manners before they are taught anything at the start of their education and that implies a very good background on Chinas’ educative systematics. For one thing, students in the U.S do not take education seriously and that is the U.S Governments’ fault because it is all due to the “No Child Left Behind Act”. This oppresses the children’s values as students because they are put to very low educational standards. Other countries, have students who are very intellectual but since their Government does not back up their education the children’s futures are simply thrown away in a way.