Friday, August 10, 2001

Growing Up In A Household That Values Education, Id est, An Asian Household

Why education has always felt natural to me.  and this,, is another reason that I realize I have been extraordinarily fortunate in my education,,, encouraging education.  my own family,, my own parents of course__.  and also, we have always surrounded ourselves in the community that greatly values education.  Oxford University was mentioned in everyday conversation.
--places great emphasis on education.
My parents instilled in me a wonderful sense of wanting to achieve.

-- the lofty lorry eloquent esay about, fostered a sense of discipline in me, 'instilled' 'fostered' a desire to want to learn___ ..encouraged a sense of___ inquisitive))))))

,,,fostered my education growing up.  -- actively encouraged,,,, and completely supported it.  They were very strict about my school performance.
*** perh anoth ess, elaborate on the fact that I feel most at home in sch surroundings,,,  Mayhaps *this* is where to put that I lurve 1800s decor, old acclaimed 1800s universities, all the old thick books with the incredibly intricate and surprisingly accurate medical diagrams
-- elab on the well-established thriving Bengali comunt in rhode island,, shoott wahyt wht

This is universal everywhere.  Rhode island, massch, north carolina, south caro, missspp, Maryland, Michigan.  Wherever we meet Bangladeshi Asian-origin families, this is a universal uniting theme.  They all expect their kids to excel in school and extracurricular activities.

Even when my family moved here to North Carolina, we were comfortably ensconced in the middle of Piedmont Crescent.  This is the educationally-affluent, flourishing reaseasrch centerss.

***mebbe put wonderful lofty 180s essayhere... ,,rather than spg2001
ever since high schoolk, I 've always loved the 1800s style of decor.
[[[ inlcud excerpts frommy ideal deram house.  eg. the turn of the dcetnry, boston coffe shop-deli.
(( all the little trinkets and curios.))

**perh put htis as tie-in to or lead-in-to why, another reason, why academic excellence has always felt very comfortable tp me?  I have always felt comforatsble.    *for summer 2000?  or no, perhasp ssuumer or fall 2001 !!,,,,... , bc I grew up in New England university town amongths graduate students.  My parents habituated the [[frequented]]]] the social circles of the international married graduate students.
--therefore it is steeped in the olden culture of higher education always.

Orrr mebbe this next parg, put this in "'augg 80-s didn’t have sould?""  KEEPPppp
--dunnoo, perh incl,,, even with our meager resources, my parents always ensured that they value education.  made it a top priority to travel, to be cultured.  for eg.g, campus cultural events along with the Bengali-American comnity.  allso, visited historical sites, boston, philadelphi liberty bell.  The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. -- Museum of Natural History.  Lincoln Memorial.  Washington monument.  Those historical attractions are all free to visiting tourists.  we made car tripsd bc we could not afford plane tickets everywhere.  The ppoint is, they made it work.  They did not let lack of funding hinder them from providing me with quality upbringing.
[[[[-- cape cod, block island, nantucket.  hmmmm donit know.]]]

** grwoing up in a New England college town.  I think, hmmm, this phrase "college town" has rather negative connotations in pop culture.  They think it is about drinking, partying, frat parties, sprn brk,__ spoiled middle class white kids having their parents pay for everything for them.
-- That might all be true, but it had nothing to do with my childhood.  not even remotely resembling my experiences growing up in a New England college town.  -- grew up amongst the Asian international___

The Bangla/Indian family dynamic is more like the traditional Chinese family relationship.

about the decor??? hmm thinkign thingking...... warm happy memories from my childhood.  bcc yhe decorr reminds me of growing up in Rhode Island., a hop skip and a jump away from Boston [[and cape cod et al.]]]

I still feel that the new year starts in September rather than in January.  I read an editorial article somewhere, and I realized that I agreed wholeheartedly.

This is possibly another reason I find it badly surprising that a lot of girls feel they are discouraged from reading and being good students.  Growing up, ALllll books and school stuff were very encouraging of girls to be good students.  Teachers were all women.  Even our school supplies were all centered around girls.  Lisa Frank brand of notebooks and three-ring binders, which were totally awesome.  Trapper Keepers.  All the main characters in books were all girls.

Speaking of the 1980s.  -more stuff abt how my parents did not sit around and wait for the school to teach me drawing and stuff.
my parents always, always, always supported my artistic expression as well as my [[__written word.]]}
--tie-in to the 80s:  strawberry shortcake and school projects and arts.  The 1980s had the absolute coolest arts and crafts activities for children.

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