The reason why Asian Americans tend to just write about tiger parent trauma or the struggles of smelling like tofu or whatever is because most Asian Americans have had very boring lives. There’s not much drama in Kumon. The history, the legacy, it’s all second-hand, third-rate.
My older filipino homie at work said he spent 40k on surgeries for a dog his wife brought from a previous relationship… I haven’t been able to look at him the same since man.