Tucker Engl. 1010 2 October 2011 Reading Response: “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” Q1: What is Amy Chua arguing? Chua is arguing the differences between the Chinese “eastern” mentality on raising children and importance on being the best at everything versus American “western” mentality where we stress that everything that we try to accomplish should be fun. Chu quotes a study where 50 “western” and 48 “eastern” mothers were polled. 70% of western women stated that stressing academic success
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On behalf of my six siblings‚ I stand before you honored to deliver the eulogy for our mother‚ Savannah Marie Dorion LeBlanc. The essence of Mom is best understood as it is reflected in her incredible marriage to our father‚ and in the rearing of her children. To the extent that we are kind‚ loving and caring people‚ and to the extent that we have achieved success in life‚ it is due‚ in large measure‚ to her incredibly strong and nurturing maternal instincts‚ combined with her deep spirituality
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dad. But when learning of to cook on their own‚ they don’t have to wait for their food to be made and also they can make what they like to eat and how they like it made .Also they can make their food whenever they want rather than bothering their mother or wife.In my point of view I strongly agree with the statement of how boys should learn to cook .First of all the ability of cooking is a lifetime skill that everyone should have .When a boy has the skill of cooking they don’t have to have the fear
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ASHES By: Susan Beth Pfeffer Reading Journal By: Samira Hasan The story is about Ashleigh (or Ashes as her dad calls her) Ashleighs dad and her mom. Ashes parents is very different from each other. Her dad is a very simple man who is unemployed‚ poor‚ and a huge dreamer. He makes false promises and tries to make people around him happy with false statements. Her mom on the other hand is the straight opposite to the dad. She is straight as a yardstick‚ and certainly not a dreamer. I
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after a bit of research‚ I have a jam-packed arsenal of witty insults and comebacks‚ derived from a variety of his plays‚ like comedies‚ dramas‚ and romances. You’ll have to explain a few‚ but they come in all shapes and sizes‚ and are really fun to say. I hope by the end of this‚ I have convinced you that you too need a creative pack of Shakespearian insults. Firstly‚ probably no one will understand them. What’s funnier than an insult‚ you may ask? It’s when the person doesn’t even realize they
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Claudia‘s story. Her parent always quarrelled. Claudia thought the argument were not serious‚ as they would normally together after every argument. After school‚ Claudia came home and found that all of dad’s thing gone CLAUDIA: What’s going on? MUM : It’s that your father and I aren’t getting together for the moment‚ so he’s going to Granny house while we claim down Dad come back occasionally for tea‚ but that led to more argument. Late one night the phone
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“Your mother‚” he began‚ “was the Belle of the Ball. She was beautiful. I fell in love with her when I saw her as the captain of the cheerleading squad. She loved her friends so much. We used to host great parties. She was a friend to everyone. It didn’t
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physique. This represents Lear’s character – a noble king with a childlike attitude. After Lear is disrespected by Oswald‚ we can truly see just how loyal The Earl of Kent is to his highness. Kent uses many adjective-verb combinations in order to insult Oswald in a very well-thought out and controlled rant. He calls him a “lily-livered‚ action-taking‚ whoreson glass-grazing‚
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he defends Tom‚ faces danger to protect others‚ and doesn’t stop when the town’s residents insult him. Atticus is a major proponent
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class‚ when he first met his teacher and seeing his classmates being belittled as we;; as being a target of the belittling. Throughout the excerpt Sedaris paints a vivid picture of how he felt whenever his teacher would insult every students introduction and the nerve racking feeling of what to say in his introduction. Even though Sedaris jots down quick points to talk about in his introduction he was immediately criticized for his lack
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