Asian Parents and SATs

I'm so sick of my dad constantly telling me to work on my SATs. He never talks to me about anything of any importance, and rarely ever even communicates with me. Sure we watch TV together and eat dinner together, but we don't talk. The only time he talks is when he's yelling at me for talking to my friends on AIM. And every time he sees me on aim, he says the same exact thing:

"WHY AREN'T YOU STUDYING FOR YOUR SATS? YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A BAD COLLEGE WITH SUCH A BAD SCORE LIKE YOUR SISTER. AND YOU NEED TO GET INTO A GOOD COLLEGE SO YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD JOB".

But I know that this is complete utterly nonsense. Sure a good SAT score may get me into a good college, but it's really not going to get me anywhere. If I'm studying to be a nurse, then why the heck do the hospitals have to care which college I went to? I could simply go to CUNY Hunter and I'd get the same education as someone at Binghamton or even UCLA. The only difference is that it'd just be a boring as heck commute and it'd be like high school all over again. But still. I just came home from 3 grueling hours of ISO Symphony orchestra with the Julliard conductor that stops at every 3 measure, and is a perfectionist. I'm tired as heck and I just want to relax and socialize with my friends of how they thought of ISO. And here my dad is, doing a whole rant on how I'm wasting money on SAT tutoring because I'm not practicing SAT tests.

"Oh prep schools only going to get you a 1700 on your SATs. You need to work hard to get over 2000".

Oh man, it's not even just my dad. My mom has the same problem. She's all like "YOU GOTTA TAKE IT UNTIL YOU'RE OVER 2000. I'm not even complaining if you get a 2350. My standards are 2000"
But my moms less strict about it because we're pretty close and talk about stupid stuff like the stupid people we've met and stuff like that. She understands that I have a life, and I have way too much on my plate already from THREE prep classes (physics mega, english tutoring, and math tutoring) as well as homework from school DURING JUNIOR YEAR. Add onto that, TWO orchestras, both rehearsing for 3 hours TWICE a week. Plus one hour flute classes, AS WELL AS church organization stuff.

Change of topic that's kind of related:
Last weekend I had a sudden urge to take care of fish. I decided to take my godmom's fish tank and use it as my own. When my dad found out, he said "psh, you have time to take care of fish but you don't have time to STUDY FOR SATs???" My mother rolled her eyes at him. She never said anything about me taking care of fish. She smiled and approved. I love my mom.

but yeah. My parents are total opposites and I really wish my dad would stop caring about SAT crap. It's just complete STUPIDITY. He really doesn't understand how much stuff I have to do every week compared to the average high schooler.


But yeah. my fish tank is complete. I just need to get a full hood from the fish store across from my church, and buy guppies to place in my tank, as well as a breeding tank for them preggy girl guppies. :)