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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1 - Background "Invention is the mother of necessities.” - Marshall McLuhan Questions We Ask Ourselves Marshall McLuhan ’s saying‚ "Invention is the mother of necessities"‚ is an example of wit. How is it witty? What is the original saying? You need wit to think about technology‚ for wit demands creative thinking. And once you start thinking creatively‚ you start to see the effect of technology on us all. The usual saying is‚ "Necessity is the mother of invention." That makes sense: right
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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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Necessity is the mother of invention The meaning of the proverb is self-evident. We invent what we need; unless we feel the pressure of needs‚ we are not likely to invent anything. The fable of the thirsty crow which collected pebbles and threw them into the jar to raise the level of water to the bird’s reach of lips is well-known. Mere necessity would not help us much if we are not moved by thought. Animals have their needs but because they lack the power of thinking and ingenuity‚ they cannot
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student‚ in doing our business let us also consider our environment‚ let’s think about what will be the effect of our business in our environment? We should put in mind that it’s not only we want to earn profit but also to lend a helping hand to the Mother Earth. According to Thay also know as Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh that in the world of business‚ "It’s possible to make money in a way that
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that Cathy loves him and does not see the evilness in her. Cathy maintains her relationship with Adam because she is pregnant and decides she will stay with him until the babies are born. We see a lack of motherly instinct that is natural in most mothers; Cathy decides to leave the boys as soon as they are born. When Adam traps Cathy she takes his life and goes back to her ways of prostition‚ never regretting her action or looking back on what she has done. This is a portrayal of a person naturally
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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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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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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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In this poem “The Mother” it was this mother that had many abortions. This speaker was having an emotional breakdown. For example‚ “I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children” (Brooks 1940). When reading ‘’The Mother’’ the speaker talked about her and focused on the children she aborted. But the speaker never mentioned a father. So‚ after realizing she did not mention a father this question came to an understanding. Why do people have different emotional and physical
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