I HAVE COME TO TERMS WITH THE UNDYING NOTION THAT MY BEST FRIEND IS A SUPERHUMAN GENIUS,
AND THAT HER PARENTS HOLD AN EXTREME DISLIKE FOR ME, LIKE THORNS STABBED DEEP INTO THE CREVICES OF THEIR HEARTS
AND THAT EVERY TIME THEY SEE ME THEY HAVE NOTHING BUT
BAD THOUGHTS FUMING INTO THEIR BRAINS
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY THINK OF ME AS A TERRIBLE INFLUENCE ON THEIR ‘PERFECT’ DAUGHTER
BUT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT BEING THE PERFECT ASIAN CHILD
RESULTS IN AN INABILITY TO CONVEY ONE’S FEELINGS AND PROPERLY BLUFF,
SO IN TIMES WHEN THE PERFECT ASIAN CHILD FINDS THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR DEPTH – AND YES IT DOES HAPPEN – THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FADE OUT AND GIVE UP
BUT ONES THAT DO NOT LISTEN AND NON-CONFORMIST HAVE THE ABILITY TO FAKE
AND THE ABILITY TO FAKE
AND TO PRETEND
IS THE QUALITY OF A GREAT ACTOR
AND AS A GREAT ACTOR,
ONE CAN ACHIEVE THE FAÇADE OF ANYTHING
AND ESSENTIALLY MORPH INTO ANYTHING.
THE ABILITY TO BLUFF AND FAKE AND FOOL THE WORLD
IS THE GREATEST ABILITY OF ALL
AND THERE IS NOTHING
NOTHING IN THE WORLD
THAT CAN OVERCOME A MASTER OF THAT ABILITY.
NOT EVEN THE PERFECT ASIAN CHILD.

SO IN REALITY,
IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE TRUTHFUL REALITY,
THAT THROWS COMPLEX SCENARIOS AT YOU EVERY DAY,
ONES THAT REQUIRE NOT MATH AND SCIENCE TO SOLVE,
BUT PURE DOWN-TO-EARTH KNOWLEDGE
AND THE ABILITY TO PRETEND

THE PERFECT ASIAN CHILD FAILS.
WHOLLY AND COMPLETELY.

IN THE MOST REALISTIC SENSE,
THE PERFECT ASIAN CHILD IS
WORTHLESS.