“One of my fathers bedrock principles was never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair at school‚ just prove yourself by making twice as hard and being twice as good.” I agree with this statement because it shows her dad just wanted her to feel better and stronger about herself. Even though everybody faces a problem‚ they automatically think they are the problem; they automatically think they’re covered with their excuses. When really it’s never an excuse. Excuses and complaining
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disagreements‚ but at the end of the day they are supposed to look out for and protect one another. However‚ when a fight between family members stubbornly drags on‚ it can cause major conflicts within the family. In Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom and Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club‚ the author tackles the topic of mother-daughter relationships. However‚ both of the author’s perspectives on the relationships differ from one another. In Amy Chua’s work‚ the chapter portrays a patient and serene
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people talk about. People focus on education and they have lots of different ideas. The story " Tiger Moms" written by Annie Murphy Paul and the story" Two Kinds" written by Amy Tan‚ these two stories both introduce a kind of education style. Amy Chua and Amy’s mother both strict but Amy Chua is ruthless‚ and Amy’s mother is kind. Firstly‚ Amy Chua and Amy’s mother both strict. In the story "Tiger Moms"‚ the writer states‚"practice for hours on the end-’night through dinner into the night‚’ with no
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daughters and the author of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. She is known as a “Tiger Mom”. Amy created the term to identify the parenting method she uses for her two daughters. In her book the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ Amy Chua discusses how she has raised her two daughters a very superior way and discusses the ways of the superiority of traditional Chinese parenting over the standard western way. After reading her essay on the superiority of the Tiger Mom‚ I have concluded that her parenting styles
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In the excerpt from ‘Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom” the mother-daughter relationship differs from that of the excerpt from “The Joy Luck Club”. The writers Amy Chua and Amy Tan have different mother-daughter relationships as well as different tones. Chua comes at it from a mother’s point of view‚ where Tan comes at it from the daughter. There is a lot of tension and frustration in Chua’s memoir and that translates to the tone. Tans bitterness to her mom impacts their tone. There are differences in
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Since the beginning of time mothers have always supported their children. Some mothers have different ways of support. In the novel ‚Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ Amy Chua’s tone for supporting her daughter is positive but also a little ironic. Amy Tan’s mother‚ in the novel The Joy Luck Club‚ has a different tone and comes across quite vicious and negative and even abusive. Two mothers with one goal‚ but try to reach their goals very differently. In the excerpt “The Violin” Amy Chua talks about
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AP English 11-18-12 Mr. Fayerberg Synthesis Essay Sports have played a major part in people’s lives all over the world. It has affected countries‚ families‚ and schools in a way that sports have become the center of their lives and basically nothing else matters as much. Sources A‚ C‚ E‚ and
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March 18‚ 2011 Tiger Mom: Is Harsh Parenting Really the Answer? Discuss the following issues: 1. What Philosophical perspective is applicable to the article? “[Nature and nurture are] a convenient jingle of words‚ for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Nature is all that man brings with himself into the world; nurture is every influence that affects him after his birth” (Fancis Galton‚ 1874). The Nature/Nurture Philosophical
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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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In Amy Chua’s book Tiger Mom she spoke on how strict her parents were and how she wanted to raise her kids the same way as she was raised. With her being a Chinese child they expected a lot from her‚ therefore‚ they were very strict when it came down to her education; not allowing
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