Why do i feel rebellious about this

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I'm 18 and I live with my mother. Now she was born in China, and I was born in Canada. My Mandarin speaking skills are worse than my English. At home, I speak almost only English. She often complains that I don't know how to speak any Mandarin and she often tries to test me by asking me to repeat an English sentence in Mandarin.
I always feel extremely rebellious when she asks me to do this, and I don't know why but I absolutely hate the idea of speaking a sentence of Mandarin when she asks me to

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  • Hotdogsaregross
    6 years ago

    It’s probably because your mom really wants you to speak mandarin well and you don’t see it as a big deal so you want nothing to do with it...currently.

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  • RoseIsabella
    6 years ago

    I can relate. My mom is Colombian, and I have had a similar problem, however, it was and still is my American father who tries to push me to learn Spanish. I actually studied German in high school, because that's the foreign language in which I was interested.

    I think when someone, especially a parent, pushes you to do something that thing just naturally appears to be boring. The more someone pushes me to do something the less I want to that thing.

    I think it's completely normal to be rebellious!

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  • barstool
    6 years ago

    Maybe just cos it's annoying having to repeat yourself, let alone in another language. Especially one named after a fruit.
    And especially when she heard you in the first place, she's just doing it to be annoying. But really its cos she lub you.

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  • [Old Memory]
    6 years ago

    Google “English-Mandarin translators needed”.
    Listen to your mother, caring mothers are always right.

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  • [Old Memory]
    6 years ago

    It's annoying when people bug you to do things that are seemingly useless, although Mandarin could come in handy at some point.

    It's normal, but you'll likely mellow out about this over time. You may even regret it if you're mean to your mother now.

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  • e51pegasi
    6 years ago

    You may feel rebellious because learning a language is a pain & hard work especially when you don't really need to for everyday life.

    If I had the chance to learn fluent Mandarin I would take it with both hands. It is the most spoken langage in the world (1.1bn people) & would open other avenues to employment.

    Interpreters make a fortune an hour (border control as an example) & would be a huge asset if you went into a business that dealt with Chinese suppliers.

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