Can I be your son Mrs. Gallagher?

(another blog entry, how crazy!)

Dear Mrs. Gallagher,
All I have to say is, I wish you were my parent because to be fairly honest, it's too damn demanding to be an asian student in a neighborhood where there are like a trillion other asian students for my parents to compare my grades to. (Good thing I don't live in California, there are as much asians living there than the number of rice you can count in a rice patty) I really admire your belief of academics being the most important thing when growing up in life. I too believe there should be a good balance with everything else in life and academics. I also admire the fact that you try to get the point across by not showing your children their report cards; but, with all due respect, I still believe this idea is crazy and I think a grade is the best way so far in terms of efficiency to mark down a person's academic achievements in simple paper form. It's sort of like entering into a competition only to figure out the contest holders are withholding the results because they believe everyone's a winner. I also don't think in the end college boards would necessarily care if you tried your hardest. But you are right about the fact, and I totally agree, that there should be a healthy, natural balance between everything in life and one's achievements should be based on what you have learned and did, not just in academics. Ultimately grades only tell one's personal achievement that doesn't reflect anything on a person's personality to do well. Even George W. Bush said, "...even the C students can become the President of the United States." (Even though I think it's kind of late to quote former President Bush by now) >.>

Sealed With Much Love,
Chris