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Tiger Mother Education: Affect Chinese Education
Mona (施梦娜)
Mrs. Cary Ann Vincent
Applied English 131
8 June 2015

Research Project

General Topic: The effects of tiger mother education
Restricted: How does tiger mother education affect Chinese and American education?
More Restricted: How does tiger mother education affect Chinese education?
Topic Chosen: How does tiger mother education affect Chinese education?
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How does tiger mother education affect Chinese education?
I.“Tiger mother” is famous as “crazy mother” in China.
a.Chinese parents often forbade his children to do this and that.
b.Chinese mothers that children are born with a "strong heart", can be reprimanded or even threats of pressure on them.
II.“Tiger mother education” sticks to Chinese traditional education ideas.
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IV.When parents treat their children’s education in China, they just like "obsessive-compulsive", as well as schools and education sector.
a.Children start learning a lot of things since they are very young.
b.test scores and graduation rates become major indicator of school performance.

Tiger mother Battle Hymn of the Tiger mother,a work of Amy Chua who is a Chinese-American professor, is known as "Tiger" Chinese mothers way of harsh parenting. A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise so many outstanding people. They want to know what it is like in Chinese family. So how does tiger mother education affect Chinese education? .“Tiger mother” is famous as “crazy mother” in China. China's "Crazy Mama" pursues carefully teaches, mostly because the only child, "little rose" policy, school choice special competitive. Like written in Battle Hymn of the Tiger mother, “Well, I can tell them, because I've done it. Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:

- attend a sleepover
- have a playdate
- be in a school play
- complain about not being in a school play
- watch TV or play computer
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Only reading can help us live a decent life and stand out. And reading must stand out. In this concept, "Tiger mother education" attaches great importance to the school ranking. These are exactly the same with China now ranking in the school: In class ranking first or top students enjoy great respect, in the school ranked first the class have glory, in province ranked first the schools of the district, but also by the highly sought-after, received numerous privileges and benefits. Chinese education follows, “A strict teacher produces outstanding students”. In the past, spoil, now converted to various forms of punishment, not to eat, not allowed to play, and are subject to derision, which is the same of Tiger Mother

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