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By the time I was graduating from high school, my parents had done their best to produce an intelligent, obedient daughter, who
By the time I was graduating from high school, my parents had done their best to produce an intelligent, obedient daughter, who
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2009-04-23
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By the time I was graduating from high school, my parents had done their best to produce an intelligent, obedient daughter, who would know more than the average Chinatown girl and should do better average at a conventional job, her earnings brought home in repayment for their years of child support. Then, they hoped, she would marry a nice Chinese boy and make herself be a good wife, as well as an above-average mother for his children. Chinese custom used to decree that families should "introduce" chosen partners to each other’s children. The groom’s family should pay handsomely to the bride’s family for rearing a well-bred daughter. They should also pay all bills for a glorious wedding banquet for several hundred guests. Their daughter was longed to the groom’s family and must henceforth seek permission from all persons in his home before returning to her parents for a visit.
But having been set upon a new path, I did not oblige my parents with the expected conventional ending. At fifteen, I had moved away from home to work for room and board and a salary of twenty dollars per month. Having found that I could subsist independently, I thought it regrettable to terminate my education. Upon graduating from high school at age of six teen, I ask my parents to assist me in college expenses. I pleaded with my father, for his years of encouraging me to be above mediocrity in both Chinese and American studies had made me wish for some undefined but brighter future.
My father was briefly adamant. He must conserve his resources for my oldest brother’s medical training. Thought I de sired to continue on above-average course, his material means were insufficient to support that ambition. He added that if I had the talent, I could provide for my own college education. When he had spoken, no discussion was expected. After this edict, no daughter questioned.
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In a Chinatown
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大学英语四级
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