Summary

In Chapter 20, Mia wanted to tell her mother about the essay contest, but Ying wanted Mia to concentrate on math. Math was a subject in which Ying believed Mia could excel. When Mia told Ying she wanted to write, her mother argued Mia would never be good at English because she was not native, that English was the White people’s language. Mia was determined to show Ying she was wrong by winning the essay contest.

Later, Mia was surprised when Yao brought Jason to the hotel to teach him how to check-in customers. Mia noted that Jason did not have good customer relations skills. He also was not good at math. After Jason checked in the first customer, his father told him he was a disgrace, especially since he had to use his fingers to calculate the math. Mia tried to defend...