Summary Of A Duty To Family Heritage And Country

In the essay A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country by Ying Ying Yu, she explains the great burden and high expectations her Chinese immigrant family expects from her and the pressures that come with it. Yu explains how her Chinese parents view grades as what makes you and what is most important. This puts a great weight on her shoulders and produces a belief that she owes her family and country good grades because of her culture and duty. Having heard such phrases while growing up has affected the way she thinks. Yu says that she had dreams of becoming a gardener, but that would not fulfill her duty of becoming successful and pleasing her parents, so instead she studies law because her family approves. The narrator reflects on the pressures