As Asian parent, even though I didn't expect my daughter to be the best, sometimes I still compared her to her friends. "You only got 85 but your 'stupid' friend got 95? Your friend studied well but you only mock her while not study seriously. "
xD It really is for their own good though, this world isn't gonna run short of judgmental pricks anytime soon after all! I mean who WOULDN'T want their children to succeed in a world with that much "perspective" in place? As far as quality parenting goes, the fact that you take that into consideration FOR them makes you one of the better ones!
@@Danny-yw5jx we all experience that world of judgmental pricks every time we step out of the house or log into the internet. Like you said, there is no shortage of them. It would just be nice to have a place to rest without judgmental pricks.
@@yannym4605 Right?! I think one of the biggest problem with some of today’s adults-especially parents-is everyone seems to be trying way too hard to come off as friends with youths, and it just opens up more cans of worms than there should be! It’s especially problematic when parents forget they aren’t there to be their kids’ friends, they’re the first and most important influencers in their children’s lives! They HAVE to make tough decisions to ensure the future is prosperous. Anyway, like I said the OP is already leagues better off than most for knowing that difference!
Its not that ALL asians are short. Its that Asians on _average_ are shorter than most. This IS true, Ive traveled through asia and while I did come acros people my size (6'2) or even taller, most people were well below what Im used to.
xD That is true, but when I move to Japan I'd be hard pressed to find another dude walking at 6'1" pretty much everywhere I go! It's gonna be a fun adventure for me!
@@ShadowNemuki Sh*t you not, I met an Asian girl at one point who was 4’5” xD not joking at all, she was presumably Korean. I say “presumably” because she was up for adoption as an infant with no record of her folks to recount… so yea, no way to be certain but still an interesting size for an adult in their mid-twenties!
As an adopted korean with white parents...the "western" parenting stereotype doesnt apply toward me LOL my parents were practically asian parents in white bodies
like literally I'm not Asian or anything, my family is Italian, and they act more like the way people describe Asian parents ( stereotypes and the ways people in the video described them ) 😅😅
“To be fair, my parents didn’t have anyone to compare me to ‘cause I was the best.” is such an American thing to say. Having lived all my life in Asia, even the best people in class or sports when I was growing up never admitted to being the best. 😂
I love Steven He's vids. I grew up in NZ but my dad's side is Chinese Irish mum's Maori Scottish. Mum was so chill she was 'So long as you did your best' my dad was like 'Your cousin did better'. My mum when I was little did make me learn piano, I lost interest and picked up drums in HS instead. But yeah like the one who grew up in Aussie, similar thing here, learn an instrument, play lots of sports, make friends and study. It was too much so I just went Drums, Basketball, Art and Science as my main focus the rest I let fly by me.
I'm South Asian, and was an average student. And once I scored 90+ for every subject. I was very happy and then my mom came to the parents' meeting. I had 98 for Math, only one question wrong and lost two marks. I still remember clear as day, my mother's face turned dark and she told me, "You should've scored 100"... I never tried again so hard after that. I rebelled and did a loads of extra curricular activities to shape my personality and became popular in school and I kept being average at studies. I'm a person who take things too hard sometimes and very emotional but I'm glad to be where I am today and what I did at school. I have good memories from school and now I'm a psychology student.
I finished my Master's Degree in January. It's been non-stop work for two straight years with that degree. Even got a perfect 4 in my last semester. Have a fever right now and my mom is literally screaming at me for not working. "It's cuz of that damn cellphone"
I'm always tickled when Steven He says something along the line of not being able to active Asian powers while casually doing the Naruto hand gestures.😂
As an American who grew up in the 70's and 80's, we had salad real mash potatoes. I think it changed in the mid 80's. Because our lunch was not that bad. And we had an hr to eat.
Lunches were actually cooked from scratch for us. Now they only heat up tins of food just like the military. The lunch ladies only get 4hrs a day of work.
90s checking in. Boxed mashed potatoes, taco Tuesday's, square pizza Thursday's, and second option was a simple salad bar. Oh, and in the early 00s we had a greasy cheese-a-dilla thing. Twice only.
@@buffalosoldier19d42 My mom runs a cafeteria and when obama stuck her nose in things it made them stop doing home cooked food. If they can't turn in a label for each and everything they can't serve it. Back in the 80s and 90s we complained about the food but I wouldnt want to touch the boxed and canned crap they are forced to serve now. About all they need now to "cook" a meal is a microwave. Back then they actually cooked food. You can't force me to believe the food companies that make the premade meals wasn't paying her to force the schools to buy their products.
00's elementary school most of it was questionable lol especially the hotdogs. i still to this day havent found a hotdog that bounced as much as that one "cooked" lol. middle school it was half and half. whether the food was good or not. high school we had better options. but michelle obama did do one great thing. her health food thing pushed our state to have a local food for lunch day about twice a month or so. we got pretty damn good food on those days
@@user-neo71665 wasn't the plan was also to receive funds the schools had to sell the food so if kids didn't buy the lunch the school didn't get the funds. and as well it would bea waste of money when kids threw out there lunches as well. there was a whole side where schools stopped the nutrition program because they couldn't even afford it, it's been a while but there was something on that whole back side
I like how the Basic American chick did most of the talking even though none of the topics related to her and the other asian girls mostly stayed quiet
Rude but okay lol. No one said it was but she is in fact there to talk about America my friend😅. Wasn't getting "insecure" just doing what she's literally been called there to do so-
Asians have so many comparisons to Hispanics The comparing your children. The food being cooked for you. You having to learn certain things so your learns show you off. 🌈🎵🎶✨
This is true. My husband is American Hispanic and even though born/raised his family tells him he is Spanish and expect him to be more like them. Chalk and cheese!
I was an English teacher in Japan for 14 years. They're not kidding about all the extra studying. I mostly taught at 'cram schools' (juku), which are extra schools after regular school. Many of the students I taught went to multiple juku for different subjects on top of having extracurricular 'clubs' at regular school. When I'd go home at the end of an evening shift, usually after 10pm, there'd be kids on the train fighting to stay awake, still in their uniforms because they hadn't been home yet. It's because the competition to do well on entrance exams and get into higher ranked schools is extremely high. Speaking of school lunches, some of the schools I worked for had contracts with local public schools where I'd go to teach a few classes a couple times a week. If two of my classes fell on either side of the lunch break, they'd invite me to eat with one of the classes. I loved it. The teachers and kids were awesome and treated me like an honored guest. The food was amazing too. To me it was like restaurant quality Japanese food, just without the fancy trimmings.
From my generation (Western): Parent: You think you have it hard? When I was a kid I had to walk 10 miles to school - in the snow - up hill - both ways! And I was grateful!" or "You think you have it bad? When we were kids all we got to eat was dirt! And we were grateful!"
As an Asian, I always had good grades and was well liked by my peers. So for me, my parents would always get on my case for overeating. I wear an American Medium/Large with a 32” waist and have an athletic build, but they always scolded me for being too“fat” 🤣
In Korea, there are a handful of top-tier universities that _everyone_ is fighting to get into. In the US, there are so many tiers of universities that anyone who wants to get in can do so, from Ivy League to state colleges to trade schools. As long as you have a degree, it doesn't really matter where it's from.
Stevens dad is like my dad he calls me a failure even though i got 99 and got an A+ in every exam he said i could do better and he said he got A++++++ in his olden days
I seem to remember there was always a salad bar or a veggie option in my school.. but yes the food was very hit and miss. Also a lot of things in the US are to facilitate profit and future customers. Crazy I know.
Pushing your kids that hard isn't good. It destroys confidence, causes stress and anxiety and it all results in poor mental health. The way asia handles education is part of the reason for high levels of depression, suicides and low birth rates (as they don't have time to socialize and go on dates in their youth and lack social skills as adults)
@@brucejedilee5290 well those who didn’t get pushed hard also have those symptoms anyway. So if you are gonna raise another anxiety ridden, depressed sad child it is so much better if that child can also take care of themselves.
@@battse7718 Or society could do what has proven to be healthy which is to not work their kids to death and actually give them the oppertunity to actually develop better social skills, more free thinking and have time to date. Instead of setting their kids up to fail in life, never find love or nake a family, feel lonely, grow depressed and bitter and potentially end their own lives
I don't know where the girl from America went to school at, but that food sounds amazing meanwhile the best food at my school is the corn dogs. They can't even cook pizza, the dough isn't fully cooked and they use tomato paste instead of sauce.
I'm an Indian kid born and raised in the US. I noticed with a lot of my Western friend's parents, that their definition of success is to constantly strive to do better tomorrow. So long as you're chasing improvement, so long as you're constantly learning, this whole idea of improving tomorrow over what you did today, you will find success in life. I honestly respect that line of thinking way more. I find the whole "good grades = success" mentality my parents had with me to be complete bullshit. I was a 4.0 student. I'm still struggling in life because there were too many core lessons that I missed due to being so focused on getting that A.
0:29 Height isn't a stereotype it's a fact. I'm a white guy from Calif, USA I'm 5'3". When I moved to the Philippines I suddenly found that I was closer to average height. Had a hard time dating in America because girls like guys taller than them, found a wife my size here.
1:21 some of that freedom comes in the form of getting kicked out once you turn 18, but in Asia as long as your parents know that you did everything in your power they wont hesitate to take you back in until you get you back on your feet
Forcing kids to play piano or other western instruments like violin isn’t about “proper” education or what not. It comes from a presumption that if you know music theory it can translate to other subjects like science and math.
Namaste! Love from india! My parents are not this harsh at all, but this is an awsome video! Maybe it is because I live in America and my parents don’t want me to live their parenting, but either way I love them! I hope you all enjoyed the video, Asian reactors! I watch this man EEEEEEVEERY DAY.
The music instrument part is an oriental mentality. Ancient Chinese IIRC. Something about an intellectual needing to know music, chess, books and art. Not literally that, but it's along the lines of academics, strategic thinking, arts both the visual and audio. There was also a huge part on balancing martial prowess and academic pursuits. It has been decades since I read the translated text on that.
As a 90s kid in Nebraska and Iowa, I had rules and chores and duties. A little brother to look after, and a part-time job as well as school. We had freedoms, but they weren't free. Much of my extras in life were seen as privileges. And, I had to earn them. We had the right to food, bed, shelter, school, and clothes.
When we moved back to my hometown, we stayed w/a friend of mine from India, the level of expectations for his kids to study and get good grades was heaps above our w/our kids. If his kids were giving him fits, they had to go to their grandparents, who lived next door, and were far tougher. One of my son's friend's family is from India also, and he was expected to do what his mother did to study and memorize pages of whatever subject he was studying. It really comes down to parent involvement and expectation setting from the start. I always told my kids I wouldn't push you to get better grades if you weren't capable, but no teacher we have ever talked to said anything but the problem was work ethic and/or organization and turning in homework. I kept telling them they couldn't fool their teachers into thinking they weren't smart. Son just graduated and oddly enough no job he's ever had has had issues w/his work, so at least he hasn't taken that into his employment.
As a Asian Student (as a Filipino literally), i do have something alot understanding reasons when it comes like that…Yet, we’re just proud Filipino People, some others are JUST their reactions strictly that they want better scores, don’t give a damn but it was worth it as a Filipino, for those Asian People reads this, it was understandable we do must, it is what it is. 👌✨ And some reason other countries are just that toxic and dramatic, meanwhile in Philippines DOES NOT, we’re proud of it and we did most what we could…i do know how people from other countries felt it why they’re JUST that, here on the country was built differently what I expected.
OMG the way that one girl kept saying "not these things" and that music should not be something to study or get a job in was SO disrespectful and annoying to me because my mom's a piano teacher and she's 100% Chinese, that really offended me.
its hard being a teacher's daughter and going to be teacher's sister both push me to study harder than I'm capable of so I feel more comfortable with my dad as he never scolds me and always help me and just wants me to do what i love the most and doesn't really care if I'm not good at studying and I'm more good at digital art so he has put me in online class by professional digital artists for me to become a professional as i want to become one and also joined me on adapted math so i can also study easily and my passion is reading so he always buys my favorite genre books for me every time visits. I love you dad
@@erikwilliam1254 No but don't you understand? America is clearly the center of the universe nay the center of space and time itself therefore we must know everything about it!
The crazy part is these were the standards European students used to have until education became public. You learned manners, at least 2 languages in addition to Latin, a musical instrument, the classics, sports/fencing, etc. High school in America is such a waste of time. We’d be better off if our HS were primarily trade skill and life skill focused.
There are studies showing that people from Asian nations have been getting much taller over the past century or so, with all the technological, medical, nutritional developments the world has made over that period of time. The stereotype may have been more true in the past, but it's just changing now.
As an American, I can safely say I don’t know a country that emphasizes sports for students more than Japan. Maybe it was just a town that I worked in, but it didn’t matter what the students grades were sports were so important and my husband says that it has university in Japan anybody who is on a sports team for example the swim team they still got their degree even if they had failing grades there was no expectation for them to study. It just blows my mind because in the US if your grades drop below a certain level, you’re not allowed to participate in sports anymore at least not until you get your grades up at least not at the school that I went to.
I graduated before that.. but in my state we didn't get much impact. To my knowledge, Texas schools hardly had that reach since the lunches didn't require us to pay for the vegetable if we meet 'free lunch' rule. I am shocked to hear that outside of my state did
xD I'm actually surprised nobody from Australia is sitting in that panel. I know they're not "technically" Asian but they ARE popularly nuanced as Asian to some degree!
I am not really Asian. I have Chinese ancestry, but my most recent ancester was several generations back. I am not even a little culturally Chinese. Hower, where I grew up, there are multiple large asian communities. Usually 30-40% of my classmates were East, Southeast, or South Asian. I did observe that almost all my asian classmates worked very hard and felt driven to be responsible. Their parents definitely seemed more strict and focused on achievement. The classmates I've kept in contact with are all pretty successful. I think some parts of their parenting style are evidently effective.
I’m Swedish and my parents have never asked me about my grades. I don’t think they even know what I graduated with. The closest thing we got to talking about how I was doing was once when I called her at work because I couldn’t solve three math problems. My mum couldn’t either so she just handed the phone over to the guy at the desk beside her 😂 Lennart really helped me out 😂
I just did some research (Google search) because I knew my country is in Asia but I wasn't sure if I'm Asian (I know, stupid) and I found out I'm Asian literally five minutes before this video. Safe to assume my parents are disappointed
@@THEphant0mX If she is mixed then she isn't really Asian. At least if she wasn't raised in an Asian country. And as far as i know there is no Asian territory of the americans.
@@sarahirwin1769 hense why I said half. There's no "look" to being Asian And before anyone says anything I'm asian. I've seen half Asians that pass as white people.
American: nationality Asian: ethnicity/ race Asian Americans, African Americans, and so on do, in fact, exist. So, yes, some Americans are considered Asian.
@@cropmeoutpls Then this world is f*cked. & before you tell me anything I'll do it for you I'm an idiot with no brains what so ever there is your tease But again this world is f*cked if that's how it is.
I'm Asian American, American born but my parents are Thai born. Yet, I'm American when I'm with Asians, but Asian when I'm with Americans. We just aren't allowed to fit in for some reason.
@@seamonkey02 Sorry dude must be hard, but I'm talking about a full American from America with no Asian background at all that's what I find interesting.
@@seamonkey02 Ohhh ya I may be a full breed Portuguese person from Portugal but I can tell you this you are best of both worlds never forget that, it's beautiful.
I live in Las Vegas which is ranked 48th education wise in America my school is ten times better than what she said I got a diploma while being nineteen years old and having F's in every subject except P.E. and coding and my classroom had a PS5 and let us sleep or wander around all day you probably can't tell because I don't know how to add periods and comas but I'm 20
i do not like it, they are the same boring stereotypes, it is annoying. Again, you generalize a lot of useless things that cause many misunderstandings. Please have some knowledgeable fun content, like the world friend talked about the Philippines few days ago.
I agree, they picked up the most boring girls and the whole video is a stereotype. I've lived in Japan and there are all kinds of people like everywhere else.
"Most Asians went to piano lessons." As an Asian I was gonna say, that's stereotypical but then I remembered my sister had a piano lesson when she was young, and I had guitar lesson 😂😂😂
As Asian parent, even though I didn't expect my daughter to be the best, sometimes I still compared her to her friends. "You only got 85 but your 'stupid' friend got 95? Your friend studied well but you only mock her while not study seriously. "
😂nice reverse psychology
xD It really is for their own good though, this world isn't gonna run short of judgmental pricks anytime soon after all! I mean who WOULDN'T want their children to succeed in a world with that much "perspective" in place? As far as quality parenting goes, the fact that you take that into consideration FOR them makes you one of the better ones!
@@Danny-yw5jx we all experience that world of judgmental pricks every time we step out of the house or log into the internet. Like you said, there is no shortage of them. It would just be nice to have a place to rest without judgmental pricks.
@@yannym4605 Right?! I think one of the biggest problem with some of today’s adults-especially parents-is everyone seems to be trying way too hard to come off as friends with youths, and it just opens up more cans of worms than there should be! It’s especially problematic when parents forget they aren’t there to be their kids’ friends, they’re the first and most important influencers in their children’s lives! They HAVE to make tough decisions to ensure the future is prosperous. Anyway, like I said the OP is already leagues better off than most for knowing that difference!
I would say you only got 90 cus thats all you could get, while your friend got a 100 because thats all there is to get
Those gasps, 😮 and "omg" reaction when the "B in English" came up 🤣
Its not that ALL asians are short.
Its that Asians on _average_ are shorter than most.
This IS true, Ive traveled through asia and while I did come acros people my size (6'2) or even taller, most people were well below what Im used to.
I am only 174cm, yet in Japan, I can bump on the door's top border
xD That is true, but when I move to Japan I'd be hard pressed to find another dude walking at 6'1" pretty much everywhere I go! It's gonna be a fun adventure for me!
as a asian girl I'm literally 4'11
@@ShadowNemuki Sh*t you not, I met an Asian girl at one point who was 4’5” xD not joking at all, she was presumably Korean. I say “presumably” because she was up for adoption as an infant with no record of her folks to recount… so yea, no way to be certain but still an interesting size for an adult in their mid-twenties!
@@Danny-yw5jx ah I say so as well. my mother is shorter than I, but I don't know her height but it's around there. I have to say, genes are crazy.
As an adopted korean with white parents...the "western" parenting stereotype doesnt apply toward me LOL my parents were practically asian parents in white bodies
like literally I'm not Asian or anything, my family is Italian, and they act more like the way people describe Asian parents ( stereotypes and the ways people in the video described them ) 😅😅
What is the opposite of a Banana? An egg? White on the outside, yellow on the inside? 🤣
@Mandred85 I can confirm bananas are infact white on the outside.
...ask your parents if they have german or balkan ancestry😂
They dont play with school or stupidity.
It's always the Germans frfr😭@@nurlindafsihotang49
“To be fair, my parents didn’t have anyone to compare me to ‘cause I was the best.” is such an American thing to say. Having lived all my life in Asia, even the best people in class or sports when I was growing up never admitted to being the best. 😂
She was joking, but it's definitely an American style joke that wouldn't go over well in Asia. I was pretty surprised when she said it.
I cringed so hard when she said that
I love Steven He's vids. I grew up in NZ but my dad's side is Chinese Irish mum's Maori Scottish. Mum was so chill she was 'So long as you did your best' my dad was like 'Your cousin did better'. My mum when I was little did make me learn piano, I lost interest and picked up drums in HS instead. But yeah like the one who grew up in Aussie, similar thing here, learn an instrument, play lots of sports, make friends and study. It was too much so I just went Drums, Basketball, Art and Science as my main focus the rest I let fly by me.
Steven He: We are A sians not B sians! 😂😂😂
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Now whats next? C sians?
Nah bro we got D sians
@ErinOnodipe-kv8fz bro what about F sians
The whole concept of this video
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!!
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!!!!!
As an indian i still can relate to him ❤
He is a whole mood😂
Wait a minute. India is Asian!
Yes. Indians are very prestigious as well.
I'm South Asian, and was an average student. And once I scored 90+ for every subject. I was very happy and then my mom came to the parents' meeting. I had 98 for Math, only one question wrong and lost two marks.
I still remember clear as day, my mother's face turned dark and she told me, "You should've scored 100"... I never tried again so hard after that. I rebelled and did a loads of extra curricular activities to shape my personality and became popular in school and I kept being average at studies.
I'm a person who take things too hard sometimes and very emotional but I'm glad to be where I am today and what I did at school. I have good memories from school and now I'm a psychology student.
7:50 the American girl told a story as a joke, the Asian girls all showed trauma on their faces 🤣
"You sound like how dust taste" 😂
that hit me so hard
I don't know who is steven he but why he sound like uncle roger
Maybe he's Singaporean 😂
He is the emotional damage guy
He is a legend!😂
Bro, he's the *Eeemotional Daemage* guy 💔
@@riduanapplebee I thought Steven is Malaysian grew up in the US?
I wish we had a russian and/or a middle eastern asian. People tend to forget that they are asian too.
facts
I think Russia is actually considered European.
@@craig2196 Siberian Russians are Asians though
@@craig2196not the southern east coast f Russia
@@craig2196 only the white russians want to see russia as european.
I finished my Master's Degree in January. It's been non-stop work for two straight years with that degree. Even got a perfect 4 in my last semester. Have a fever right now and my mom is literally screaming at me for not working. "It's cuz of that damn cellphone"
Stay strong bro still love her shes still ur mom
Stay strong brother 🥺🫂✨💝
take her cellphone away lol
I'm always tickled when Steven He says something along the line of not being able to active Asian powers while casually doing the Naruto hand gestures.😂
As an American who grew up in the 70's and 80's, we had salad real mash potatoes. I think it changed in the mid 80's. Because our lunch was not that bad. And we had an hr to eat.
Lunches were actually cooked from scratch for us. Now they only heat up tins of food just like the military. The lunch ladies only get 4hrs a day of work.
90s checking in. Boxed mashed potatoes, taco Tuesday's, square pizza Thursday's, and second option was a simple salad bar. Oh, and in the early 00s we had a greasy cheese-a-dilla thing. Twice only.
@@buffalosoldier19d42 My mom runs a cafeteria and when obama stuck her nose in things it made them stop doing home cooked food. If they can't turn in a label for each and everything they can't serve it. Back in the 80s and 90s we complained about the food but I wouldnt want to touch the boxed and canned crap they are forced to serve now. About all they need now to "cook" a meal is a microwave. Back then they actually cooked food. You can't force me to believe the food companies that make the premade meals wasn't paying her to force the schools to buy their products.
00's elementary school most of it was questionable lol especially the hotdogs. i still to this day havent found a hotdog that bounced as much as that one "cooked" lol. middle school it was half and half. whether the food was good or not. high school we had better options. but michelle obama did do one great thing. her health food thing pushed our state to have a local food for lunch day about twice a month or so. we got pretty damn good food on those days
@@user-neo71665 wasn't the plan was also to receive funds the schools had to sell the food so if kids didn't buy the lunch the school didn't get the funds. and as well it would bea waste of money when kids threw out there lunches as well.
there was a whole side where schools stopped the nutrition program because they couldn't even afford it, it's been a while but there was something on that whole back side
I like how the Basic American chick did most of the talking even though none of the topics related to her and the other asian girls mostly stayed quiet
they all were kinda the same...? but its a weird thing to point out...idk kinda unrelated..?
I am number 3 in class! " Why not number 1? ". I got number 1 in class! But, my math is 98%
" Why not 100?". 😂
OMG the fact that the piano short showed up at EXACTLY WHILE I WAS PRACTICING PIANO + I'M ASIAN
I didn't know that Americans were considered Asian... That's interesting to know.
Ohhh goddd😂😂😂
@@sakshisaini7380 😂😂
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She's mixed, she's half Korean half American that's why she's in the video
Hey! American can identify as anything they want. Freedom!
4:37 The thai visual sigh is very visible : "Yeah okay, Jess, this isn't about America, no need to get insecure about it..." 😴
Rude but okay lol. No one said it was but she is in fact there to talk about America my friend😅. Wasn't getting "insecure" just doing what she's literally been called there to do so-
@@justlivinglife1167 But the usa is not an Asian country, so there is no point in her being there.
@@tovarishchfeixiaoi think they put her in to showcase someone a part of the Asian diaspora😅
Asian parent: You should be like the neighbor's kid!
Kid: You should be like the neighbor kid's parent!
XD
Asians have so many comparisons to Hispanics
The comparing your children.
The food being cooked for you.
You having to learn certain things so your learns show you off.
🌈🎵🎶✨
This is true. My husband is American Hispanic and even though born/raised his family tells him he is Spanish and expect him to be more like them. Chalk and cheese!
And sandals/la chancla😂
@@nurlindafsihotang49got my ass beat so much I thought my name was pendejo for the longest
Steven he is hilarious. He makes great videos.
I was an English teacher in Japan for 14 years. They're not kidding about all the extra studying. I mostly taught at 'cram schools' (juku), which are extra schools after regular school. Many of the students I taught went to multiple juku for different subjects on top of having extracurricular 'clubs' at regular school. When I'd go home at the end of an evening shift, usually after 10pm, there'd be kids on the train fighting to stay awake, still in their uniforms because they hadn't been home yet. It's because the competition to do well on entrance exams and get into higher ranked schools is extremely high.
Speaking of school lunches, some of the schools I worked for had contracts with local public schools where I'd go to teach a few classes a couple times a week. If two of my classes fell on either side of the lunch break, they'd invite me to eat with one of the classes. I loved it. The teachers and kids were awesome and treated me like an honored guest. The food was amazing too. To me it was like restaurant quality Japanese food, just without the fancy trimmings.
ASIAN PARENTS ALWAYS COMPARING😂 AFTER THIS VIDEO MAYBE WE ASIAN HAVE THE SAME ROOT.. FROM ONE FATHER AND MOTHER 😂 EVEN OUR LOOKS IS DIFFERENT 😂
It happens to us Latinos too :(
From my generation (Western): Parent: You think you have it hard? When I was a kid I had to walk 10 miles to school - in the snow - up hill - both ways! And I was grateful!" or "You think you have it bad? When we were kids all we got to eat was dirt! And we were grateful!"
We had to walk to school with no feet😂😂😂
Me realizing why I relate to Asians so much... cause my parents act like stereotypical Asian parents(despite the fact that they are not Asian).
@@miraculousdream7028 Balkans or hispanic?
@@nurlindafsihotang49 Neither
wait, usa is a asia??
Probably 1 of his parents is Asian
Na-uh
I’m Japanese and this comment made me laugh as I was thinking the same thing
Somewhere she mentioned Korea, maybe she has a Korean parent.
US is technically a European country not an Asian country
As an Asian, I always had good grades and was well liked by my peers. So for me, my parents would always get on my case for overeating. I wear an American Medium/Large with a 32” waist and have an athletic build, but they always scolded me for being too“fat” 🤣
I want to now if they even experience the games the kids who aren't Asian play
In Korea, there are a handful of top-tier universities that _everyone_ is fighting to get into. In the US, there are so many tiers of universities that anyone who wants to get in can do so, from Ivy League to state colleges to trade schools. As long as you have a degree, it doesn't really matter where it's from.
it does but its most about the connections you make than the actual school
yup, same in india
I KNOWWWW they're all dying to get into Seoul or...or... 고려대나 연세대. 나 영어 못 한다 미안하다
Stevens dad is like my dad he calls me a failure even though i got 99 and got an A+ in every exam he said i could do better and he said he got A++++++ in his olden days
*Emotional Damage* 😂😂😂😂
Me: I got a 100% out of possible 105% due to bonus question.
Parent: Why didn't you get a 105%?
My parents 😭😭😭
I seem to remember there was always a salad bar or a veggie option in my school.. but yes the food was very hit and miss. Also a lot of things in the US are to facilitate profit and future customers. Crazy I know.
AS an older Asian dude. Trust me, your parents were RIGHT, AND you WILL THANK them for it
Yeah. Lots of stuff my parents said only made sense when I got older.
Pushing your kids that hard isn't good. It destroys confidence, causes stress and anxiety and it all results in poor mental health. The way asia handles education is part of the reason for high levels of depression, suicides and low birth rates (as they don't have time to socialize and go on dates in their youth and lack social skills as adults)
@@brucejedilee5290 well those who didn’t get pushed hard also have those symptoms anyway. So if you are gonna raise another anxiety ridden, depressed sad child it is so much better if that child can also take care of themselves.
@@brucejedilee5290 at least in the Asian way they won't lack other skills
@@battse7718 Or society could do what has proven to be healthy which is to not work their kids to death and actually give them the oppertunity to actually develop better social skills, more free thinking and have time to date. Instead of setting their kids up to fail in life, never find love or nake a family, feel lonely, grow depressed and bitter and potentially end their own lives
I don't know where the girl from America went to school at, but that food sounds amazing meanwhile the best food at my school is the corn dogs. They can't even cook pizza, the dough isn't fully cooked and they use tomato paste instead of sauce.
Sometimes people forget school cafeterias have to cook for hundreds of students and many teachers and faculty. So they can go do far with the food
And this is why there's a obesity problem, all starts in schools with kids eating corndogs
I'm an Indian kid born and raised in the US. I noticed with a lot of my Western friend's parents, that their definition of success is to constantly strive to do better tomorrow. So long as you're chasing improvement, so long as you're constantly learning, this whole idea of improving tomorrow over what you did today, you will find success in life. I honestly respect that line of thinking way more.
I find the whole "good grades = success" mentality my parents had with me to be complete bullshit. I was a 4.0 student. I'm still struggling in life because there were too many core lessons that I missed due to being so focused on getting that A.
Steven needs to watch this video!
It’s so interesting to see other cultures opinions about western parenting. For me it’s pretty strict but not to an extreme level tbh.
0:29 Height isn't a stereotype it's a fact. I'm a white guy from Calif, USA I'm 5'3". When I moved to the Philippines I suddenly found that I was closer to average height. Had a hard time dating in America because girls like guys taller than them, found a wife my size here.
Stereotypes are usually facts.
@@Pango5697Yeah but who made the stereotype about asians and math?
@@mr.perfect6300 what?
@@mr.perfect6300 Statistics
@@GodwynDi um, ok. Understandable
1:21 some of that freedom comes in the form of getting kicked out once you turn 18, but in Asia as long as your parents know that you did everything in your power they wont hesitate to take you back in until you get you back on your feet
"Asian React to Steven he's Video! / Korea, Japan, Thailand, India, Indonesia, U.S.A." apparently The USA is now part of asia, who knew
Forcing kids to play piano or other western instruments like violin isn’t about “proper” education or what not. It comes from a presumption that if you know music theory it can translate to other subjects like science and math.
You sound like how dust tastes, is a totally underrated insult.
Namaste! Love from india! My parents are not this harsh at all, but this is an awsome video! Maybe it is because I live in America and my parents don’t want me to live their parenting, but either way I love them! I hope you all enjoyed the video, Asian reactors! I watch this man EEEEEEVEERY DAY.
They are all so pretty 😍
Don't be weird
The music instrument part is an oriental mentality. Ancient Chinese IIRC. Something about an intellectual needing to know music, chess, books and art. Not literally that, but it's along the lines of academics, strategic thinking, arts both the visual and audio. There was also a huge part on balancing martial prowess and academic pursuits. It has been decades since I read the translated text on that.
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Back in my day we walked up hill both ways 20 miles
Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau grew up in Indonesia
Your mama grew up on corners in the Phillipines 😂
As a 90s kid in Nebraska and Iowa, I had rules and chores and duties. A little brother to look after, and a part-time job as well as school. We had freedoms, but they weren't free. Much of my extras in life were seen as privileges. And, I had to earn them. We had the right to food, bed, shelter, school, and clothes.
I kind of wish they'd showed them that last video in its entirety.
Ah yes, an American... My favorite type of Asian
Aah, America. The Asian nation 😂
She mixed Asian American xD
@@ErikPT Well, if she grew up in america then she isn't Asian outside of her DNA. And this video is not about DNA.
You dont think there are asian immigrants that moved to america?
We’re an everything nation
@@noe4354 She's still not asian even she's an immigrant she didn't even look like an asian
When we moved back to my hometown, we stayed w/a friend of mine from India, the level of expectations for his kids to study and get good grades was heaps above our w/our kids. If his kids were giving him fits, they had to go to their grandparents, who lived next door, and were far tougher. One of my son's friend's family is from India also, and he was expected to do what his mother did to study and memorize pages of whatever subject he was studying. It really comes down to parent involvement and expectation setting from the start. I always told my kids I wouldn't push you to get better grades if you weren't capable, but no teacher we have ever talked to said anything but the problem was work ethic and/or organization and turning in homework. I kept telling them they couldn't fool their teachers into thinking they weren't smart. Son just graduated and oddly enough no job he's ever had has had issues w/his work, so at least he hasn't taken that into his employment.
Sloppy Joe's are not made with BBQ sauce.
The ketchup and mustard in many Sloppy Joes recipes is shared with some barbecue sauces.
If u want tall,dark and handsome...WELCOME TO INDIA!
I'm Polish and a lot of parents in Poland is also like that
A lot of eastern europe is like that
As a Asian Student (as a Filipino literally), i do have something alot understanding reasons when it comes like that…Yet, we’re just proud Filipino People, some others are JUST their reactions strictly that they want better scores, don’t give a damn but it was worth it as a Filipino, for those Asian People reads this, it was understandable we do must, it is what it is. 👌✨
And some reason other countries are just that toxic and dramatic, meanwhile in Philippines DOES NOT, we’re proud of it and we did most what we could…i do know how people from other countries felt it why they’re JUST that, here on the country was built differently what I expected.
OMG the way that one girl kept saying "not these things" and that music should not be something to study or get a job in was SO disrespectful and annoying to me because my mom's a piano teacher and she's 100% Chinese, that really offended me.
I actually know someone who's dad's a piano teacher as well! And he's Korean. I agree
its hard being a teacher's daughter and going to be teacher's sister both push me to study harder than I'm capable of so I feel more comfortable with my dad as he never scolds me and always help me and just wants me to do what i love the most and doesn't really care if I'm not good at studying and I'm more good at digital art so he has put me in online class by professional digital artists for me to become a professional as i want to become one and also joined me on adapted math so i can also study easily and my passion is reading so he always buys my favorite genre books for me every time visits. I love you dad
i love the korean girl,she is sweet🖤
My parents aren't asian, yet I feel so identified 😂😅
My dad wanted me in football, and I’m Texan I’ll let that one sit for a sec.
As someone who doesn't watch sports nor is from or been to Texas, the answer won't come no matter how much I think about it.
@@erikwilliam1254 Football is huge down here, college, high school, pro, football is practically our state sport.
@@steelsquire2153 Ah, okay.
@@erikwilliam1254just watch Friday night lights lol it'll basically summarize being a Texan and their love of football
@@erikwilliam1254 No but don't you understand? America is clearly the center of the universe nay the center of space and time itself therefore we must know everything about it!
As a kid being raised by asian parents I'm glad most of the stereotype stuff was used on my older brothers.
The crazy part is these were the standards European students used to have until education became public.
You learned manners, at least 2 languages in addition to Latin, a musical instrument, the classics, sports/fencing, etc.
High school in America is such a waste of time. We’d be better off if our HS were primarily trade skill and life skill focused.
As a Western born person my parents actually think that my education is way more important than my happiness.
Where are the people representing China, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Russia????
Probably back in those countries
Well they can't get everyone bro. I'd say this is a pretty diverse sample overall.
Thailand is there, they don’t talk much
@@vvoof2601 At least they should have get a Chinese or Russian instead of the american girl.
There are studies showing that people from Asian nations have been getting much taller over the past century or so, with all the technological, medical, nutritional developments the world has made over that period of time. The stereotype may have been more true in the past, but it's just changing now.
Skip the yapping: 2:02
Thank you 😊
As an American, I can safely say I don’t know a country that emphasizes sports for students more than Japan. Maybe it was just a town that I worked in, but it didn’t matter what the students grades were sports were so important and my husband says that it has university in Japan anybody who is on a sports team for example the swim team they still got their degree even if they had failing grades there was no expectation for them to study. It just blows my mind because in the US if your grades drop below a certain level, you’re not allowed to participate in sports anymore at least not until you get your grades up at least not at the school that I went to.
Bs about the Obama vegetables thing. They've incorporated veggies in the lunches or veggies only lunches since the early 2000's.
I graduated before that.. but in my state we didn't get much impact. To my knowledge, Texas schools hardly had that reach since the lunches didn't require us to pay for the vegetable if we meet 'free lunch' rule. I am shocked to hear that outside of my state did
xD I'm actually surprised nobody from Australia is sitting in that panel. I know they're not "technically" Asian but they ARE popularly nuanced as Asian to some degree!
when did USA become part of Asia?!!!. don't video title means Asian react!😅😂
She's Asian American
She's Hapa, shouldn't be there imo
@@rakwraithraiser7315not the same unfortunately
@@rakwraithraiser7315 not a thing bro.
@@JeanDupont26okay, does that mean African Americans aren’t a thing?
I am not really Asian. I have Chinese ancestry, but my most recent ancester was several generations back. I am not even a little culturally Chinese. Hower, where I grew up, there are multiple large asian communities. Usually 30-40% of my classmates were East, Southeast, or South Asian. I did observe that almost all my asian classmates worked very hard and felt driven to be responsible. Their parents definitely seemed more strict and focused on achievement. The classmates I've kept in contact with are all pretty successful. I think some parts of their parenting style are evidently effective.
The issue here is it's just all women. Should be a mix of women and men because they both have different perspectives.
I’m Swedish and my parents have never asked me about my grades. I don’t think they even know what I graduated with. The closest thing we got to talking about how I was doing was once when I called her at work because I couldn’t solve three math problems. My mum couldn’t either so she just handed the phone over to the guy at the desk beside her 😂 Lennart really helped me out 😂
Wait I'm confused- America is in ASIA?
Probably just for comparison
I am gonna rewatch it, making this a drinking game. Everytime she says “Like” I’m taking a shot.
Since when America became Asia?
I love the Thailand woman's accent tbh ❤
I don't have that stuff for lunch. I go to a private school in America.
I just did some research (Google search) because I knew my country is in Asia but I wasn't sure if I'm Asian (I know, stupid) and I found out I'm Asian literally five minutes before this video. Safe to assume my parents are disappointed
Is no one gonna talk about how they put America as an Asian country?
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She's biracial.
Could be mixed or overseas territory
@@THEphant0mX If she is mixed then she isn't really Asian. At least if she wasn't raised in an Asian country. And as far as i know there is no Asian territory of the americans.
Bro as Malaysian, our canteen food is like a restaurant. Sometimes we get nasi lemak,nasi goreng,mee goreng and other Malaysia cuisine.
Fuiyoh nice🍚
Bro u.s.a is not an Asian country
They're saying an American born asian. Just to have asian culture and American culture perspective. She's either half Korean or of Korean immigrants
She doesn't look even a little bit Asian.
@@sarahirwin1769 hense why I said half. There's no "look" to being Asian
And before anyone says anything I'm asian. I've seen half Asians that pass as white people.
This is stupid 😑
"you sound like how dust taste!" His insults are on another level! XD
I didn't know that Americans were considered to be Asian's gud to know 🤦🏻♂🤦🏻♂
American: nationality
Asian: ethnicity/ race
Asian Americans, African Americans, and so on do, in fact, exist.
So, yes, some Americans are considered Asian.
@@cropmeoutpls Then this world is f*cked. & before you tell me anything I'll do it for you I'm an idiot with no brains what so ever there is your tease But again this world is f*cked if that's how it is.
I'm Asian American, American born but my parents are Thai born. Yet, I'm American when I'm with Asians, but Asian when I'm with Americans. We just aren't allowed to fit in for some reason.
@@seamonkey02 Sorry dude must be hard, but I'm talking about a full American from America with no Asian background at all that's what I find interesting.
@@seamonkey02 Ohhh ya I may be a full breed Portuguese person from Portugal but I can tell you this you are best of both worlds never forget that, it's beautiful.
I live in Las Vegas which is ranked 48th education wise in America my school is ten times better than what she said I got a diploma while being nineteen years old and having F's in every subject except P.E. and coding and my classroom had a PS5 and let us sleep or wander around all day you probably can't tell because I don't know how to add periods and comas but I'm 20
Their atmosphere is so awkward😅
"Ooohhh......... it sounds good" 😂... (and me as brazilian was thinking the same thing hahahha)
American girls talks sooooo much more than the others
What do you people not understand about averages. My sister is tall so Asians aren’t short. Definitely breaking the stereotype of being smart
so boring
6:46 btw shen zhen is one of china's more digitally advanced cities and is quite new
i do not like it, they are the same boring stereotypes, it is annoying. Again, you generalize a lot of useless things that cause many misunderstandings. Please have some knowledgeable fun content, like the world friend talked about the Philippines few days ago.
What
I agree, they picked up the most boring girls and the whole video is a stereotype. I've lived in Japan and there are all kinds of people like everywhere else.
"Most Asians went to piano lessons."
As an Asian I was gonna say, that's stereotypical but then I remembered my sister had a piano lesson when she was young, and I had guitar lesson 😂😂😂