She contrasted math and English, math is more precise because it has only a direct solution while English is based on judgement calls, a matter of opinion and personal experience. For instant, Asian Americans always do significantly better on math than in English because they were heavily taught on those math subject instead of English. It simply does not mean they are stupid or being “limited” English speaker only. They have their own judgement of speaking and learning to communicate with people. Tan want to point out that being in an immigrant family her English was limited due to her mother broken
She contrasted math and English, math is more precise because it has only a direct solution while English is based on judgement calls, a matter of opinion and personal experience. For instant, Asian Americans always do significantly better on math than in English because they were heavily taught on those math subject instead of English. It simply does not mean they are stupid or being “limited” English speaker only. They have their own judgement of speaking and learning to communicate with people. Tan want to point out that being in an immigrant family her English was limited due to her mother broken