Amy Chua is a Chinese mother of two daughters who is well known for her book "The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother". This book led to a huge national debate over "western parenting methods." Mrs. Chua protests that parents must override their childrens’ desires in helping children succeed. Many of Chuas’ critics oppose her parenting methods‚ while others agree with her. As with anything there are many positive and negative aspects to Chuas’ strategy. Overriding a childs’ desires prevents them from
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1) Topic: ”Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Writer: Amy Chua‚ a professor at Yale Law School‚ USA. Reader: Parents from the Western World‚ who are also readers of The Wall Street Journal. Language: Well written text‚ with an extensive vocabulary. It is written to some extent with formal jargon. Circumstances: The writer’s home. She lives with her daughters and husband. There is a flashback into Chua’s childhood as well. Intention: She is trying to clarify the differences between Chinese parents
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A LETTER TO AMY CHUA Dear Amy Chua: I am a student who is raised by demanding eastern parenting style you described in your article “Why Chinese Mothers Are superior” and can easily find this kind of parenting style in China. As a typical Chinese mom‚ you demonstrate an general idea held by most Chinese parents that keeping working “makes the once not fun activity fun” with your own experience about enforcing Lulu to finish the task which seems impossible. And you also notice that children due
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is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it.”(411) The Statement from “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚” by Amy Chua‚ is an opinionated article on western and Chinese parenting. In her article‚ Amy Chua compares the way Chinese parents raise their children and the way American parents raise their children. She shows both the positives and negatives on both sides of parenting. Amy Chua uses Logos‚ credibility‚ and Compare and contrast in her passage. Each rhetorical strategy is supposed to help
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A Critique of “ Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua As youth development and growth become an important study in our society‚ there are many controversial opinions regarding the best method of parenting. Amy Chua argues in her essay‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚” that children raised from Chinese mothers are more successful than those raised by Western mothers. She believes that Chinese children attain exceptional achievements from forced training and develop a stronger self-esteem
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be happy or truly creative. They’ll grow up skilled and compliant but without audacity to be great.” A lot of these skills are learned in school plays‚ sleepovers‚ and play dates since during these activities you communicate with other people. Brooks believes understanding people’s points of view‚ having good social skills‚ interacting with other people‚ and working adequately in groups are important factors to achieve success and happiness. “Practicing a piece of music for four hours requires
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David Brooks’ essay is a critique on the current state of American universities‚ specifically on what they have lost during their evolution from spiritual and moral institutions to ones based in academic research and career training. This shift came as a result of the greater religious diversity in student populations and pressure from parents to focus on preparing their children for their future careers. In Brooks’ opinion‚ what university students have gained in professional know-how they have
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Day of Empire Analysis Amy Chua’s thesis in Day of Empire is that the biggest contributing factor of the demise of hyperpowers throughout history is the loss of tolerance by the ruling entity. She believes that when the hyperpowers begin to decline they begin to blame everything on the outsiders. Sometimes this is caused by a regime change or a ruler’s search for a scapegoat. Her theory states that this intolerance causes social unrest and rebellion by the oppressed groups. The Persian Empire
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The New York Times article‚ “Harmony and the Dream‚” David Brooks provides the argument that the world social classes are divided into individualists and collectivists. He goes further to give the idea that that the division is misconstrued result of economic turmoil or just world perception. Brooks shares facts about several social experiments with the contrary ideologies and social responses between Americans and Asians. He continues by linking the lack of human interaction‚ with the downfall and
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How do i In my opinion‚ Amy Chua’s method’s are questioned simply because they are too strict. The Chinese way of raising their children is done in a disciplined‚ no tolerance way‚ which might intimidate parents from the west. Parents from The U.S. or anywhere else in the west‚ may say that Amy Chua’s strategies are too harsh‚ and that a child should be entitled to their own opinions‚ and views about his or hers way of life. A child should be able to do what he or she wants to do‚ and not what
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