Last night, I went to Target with my cousin and as we were walking in the parking lot towards the entrance, a woman was within an inch of running me over, trying to park in a spot as if she had to beat whomever was attempting to steal her spot. Anyway, she almost hits me and it enrages me because she does not even apologize; she just stares at me. So in my anger, I say, "Asians shouldn't be allowed to drive" because she was in fact, an Asian. (I apologize in advance to those this may offend-I myself, am Asian so saying this remark only condones other individuals of different ethnicities in saying the same thing in fits of anger). As rude and hypocritical as I was in saying this remark, I think it is subjective. It is obviously an opinion that is expressed by those who have had confrontations with Asian drivers (myself, in particular) or who have witnessed events that display Asians in a bad light, among many other reasons. Yes, statistics show that Asians attribute to a majority of car accidents in the world but they are not the only ones who cause these car accidents or fatalities; there are many different categories of people who cause accidents, those of whom are not categorized by ethnicity. There are drunks, drug addicts, and even young drivers. But there is no correlation between ethnicity and driving that can prove that Asians are bad drivers; it is just an opinion heavily influenced through experience.
Objective Claim
Today, one of my professors was talking to the class about how California used to have the best school system in the 1950's and now, it has one of the worst school systems in the United States. My class is an Asian American Studies class and although I thought we would be discussing Asian Americans in history, what my professor said had caught my attention. From what everyone has experienced themselves from their last few or even all of their semesters, tuition payments are increasing, classes are getting cut and students are getting dropped. With budget cuts, the school must enforce Furloughs so basically we are all paying more for less. Classes are getting filled up so quickly and are becoming so impacted that students cannot even be full-time students and many are and will be taking longer than expected to graduate. It is a fact that California's education has and still is going downhill. It is an objective claim-there are enough examples strengthened with personal experiences of SJSU students and faculty that school/education is not just a privilege anymore but almost a necessity. It is something we all need to succeed in the world outside of college.
