April 25, 2006

Re: For Sale: Two Parents

So... I got a bona fide offer for my parents...
Someone actually offered to trade me their parents for my parents...

Too bad it was my little sister who was the person offering me this deal!

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I do have to say this (this is a seperate and somewhat unrelated thought): I am still amazed at how much my upbringing dictates my life. (The tie back to this thought has to do with whether or not I apply to the London Business School). Part of me thinks that London is neat. Part of me likes the rankings that people place on me (this is where upbringing comes into play - as an eight year old, my father once showed me the rankings of US colleges in US News & World Report - just to put this thought into perspective, I immediately asked whether college was after Junior High). Going back to LBS - most of me doesn't want to move. Most of me is somewhat content with Virginia (just not it's ranking). I've spent the better part of the last nine years trying to undo what my parents spent the better part of 16 years (we'll exclude the ages of 0-2 on the grounds that I don't remember anything before my third birthday) trying to get me to believe. And it's moments like these (where I'm debating whether or not I should still apply) that bug me. Ah, the joys of being a recovering Asian American (don't tell my older sister this, she'd shoot me!).

Posted by Brice at April 25, 2006 10:19 PM
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