In her essay "Why Chinese mothers are superior"‚ Amy Chua claims that children raised by Chinese mothers are more successful in its direct children who are bred by Western mothers. According to the author‚ the beliefs of the Chinese parents allow their children to excel since they result in a strict‚ direct and strong education. Chua described a study of 50 Western mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers revealed that Chinese mothers believe that their children’s academic success is the direct result
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"Planning and Design of Rural Drinking Water Pr0.jects ‚ ’ Experiences in Rural Development‚ occasional paper I No. 2‚ Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Centre‚ Paris‚ 1977. Isely‚ R.E.‚ "Targeting Sanitation Programs Where It Counts: Mothers af Small Children‚" proceedings of the Congress of the World Federation of Public Health Associations‚ Calcutta‚ 1981. Assignment C h i l d r e n ‚ UNICEF East Asia a n d P a k i s t a n R e g i o n a l O f f i c e ‚ "Toward a P r o grammer ’s Guide:
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French Mothers Are Superior” Most parents would agree‚ what it is a full time job to have children and it is hard‚ particularly when they are growing up. Lots of parents recognize the situation at the dinner table‚ when the kids wouldn’t sit still and eat their food as well as the time at the supermarket‚ then they are begging for candy and sweet stuff. And when bedtime comes you will have the endless fights about brushing teeth and going to sleep. These problems are described in the essay “Why
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Amy Chua‚ Why Chinese Mothers are Superior As a young adult raised in a Chinese family‚ my experiences with my parents are drastically different compared to parenting style Amy Chua suggests. In her essay "Why Chinese Mothers aresuperior" Chua explains that being strict can help her children become "successful"‚ has a positive impact for them‚ and is a better method for raising a child. Chua believes that Western parents are too free with compliments‚ and easily let a child give up on tasks they
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work with her mother in mind as the reader‚ her inspiration. She writes to show the beautiful and passionate side of her mother that people can’t see. In "Mother Tongue‚" Amy Tan describes how all of the Englishes that she grew up with‚ normal English and "mother tongue" English‚ has shaped her first outlook of life. And through the essay‚ Tan wants to send a powerful message of how we ought to view people by their beautiful side‚ but not by their shortcomings. Writing the essay in narration‚
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Smith Ms. Hughes Writing Workshop 11:00 22 February 2015 Reading Journal for “Mother Tongue” The title of this story is “Mother Tongue” From the background information‚ I learned that Asian American students didn’t do as well on the English & writing part of their standardized test as they did on the math part of the test. The name of the author of this story is Amy Tan. The introductory paragraph of the Amy Tan’s essay prepares you for what you will be reading by explaining to the reader about the
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Running Head: My Mother Daughter Relationship Analysis Christine Whittaker Parent-Child Relations 10/25/12 I‚ Christine Marie Whittaker‚ was born on December the 24th 1990‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois. I come from a family of six members which includes my father‚ mother‚ older brother‚ and two younger sisters. My mother is the reason I am who I am today. As a result‚ I have decided to write about our relationship in this essay. My mother played a vital role in shaping my personality‚ character
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personal essay “My Mother Never Worked”‚ Smith-Yackel presents us with a situation where she describes her mother as a hard working woman. She starts the essay in the present time with a phone call to a social security office. While on hold‚ the author reflects on how much her mother worked during her life‚ but after the operator returns‚ she informs Smith-Yackel that her mother never worked. I was surprised when the family did not get the death benefit check. Obviously Smith-Yackel’s mother worked
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Mother Tongue by Amy Tall Kaé Murray-Francis September 2‚ 2011 Florida Memorial University Recently‚ in my College Writing II class‚ I had the opportunity to read‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. I enjoyed reading the essay so much that I decided to write my own analysis. “Mother Tongue” is an essay based on the power of language and the will to communicate. However‚ the essay is not just about language itself‚ but also about the relationship between a mother‚ Mrs. Tan‚ and her daughter‚ Amy Tan
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What is fear? Is fear just a protection mechanism our brain creates when we encounter a problem? Would an example of fear be that I am afraid my essay is going to be exactly like everybody else’s? “Fear is the brain’s way of saying that there is something for you to overcome.(Rachel Huber)” I believe in this quote Ms.Huber is trying to explain that when we encounter a problem we become so worried that we are not going to do well at the task at hand that we begin to fear the obstacle. Though at times
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