A friend posted this article on Facebook today. It's called Paper Tigers: What happens to all the Asian-Americans once the test-taking ends. Longest article of my life, but a lot of these ideas pass through my mind and I think are part of what people who think about the Asian-American experience think about. Beyond that, I haven't had enough time to process it more specifically.
And after tonight, I needed this:
"Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes."
-Stephen Colbert
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