First of all, the American family structure compared to Adeline’s family structure have some similarities. First, Adeline’s father and Aunt Baba want Adeline to have a good education, so Aunt Baba and her can live together when she gets a good career. Her father said, “You will go to England with Third Brother this summer and you will go to medical school” (193). Adeline wanted to be a writer, but her father said you will starve and not make any money. Next, most American and Adeline’s Chinese family have a mom and a dad.
Michael Brunswick Martin W130 April 17, 20 Final Copy: CC Comparative Critique of “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” by Amy Chua “Mother Inferior” by Hanna Rosin: Tiger Mom vs. Tiger Mailroom” by Patrick Goldstein Amy Chua has introduced a unique way of parenting through her article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” in contrast to western practices. In response to her article, the authors Hanna Rosin and Patrick Goldstein have responded with a different point of view concerning the practice of methods used to educate individuals. As they present their arguments, we will better understand each writer’s position on the matter of education and their stance on how it is implemented in their articles but more importantly, how each perspective will ultimately affect a child’s view on the value of parenting practices concerning education. Patrick Goldstein has taken the stance of the ability to bypass the basic need of the pursuit of knowledge to further one’s career. The example of hard work or ingenuity would prevail in the overall scheme of things and using examples of individuals that have become successful with inventions or self-motivation versus ardent instruction, Goldstein’s stance on education is secondary to talent and the ability to form relationships that could possibly advance one’s professional status is more important than self-discipline through education.
Due to re-education, Ma and Luo were able to gain a deeper insight into literature, learn more about their personalities and strengths, and were able to understand the hard work that the countryside supposed. In the story, Ma and Luo end up stealing some classic Western novels from their former friend “Four-Eyes”, who’s mother had also been an intellectual and who was also being re-educated. His friend had had a chance to leave the country-side, and before he did so Ma and Luo decided to steal his books in order to read them themselves. At this point in Communist China, all Western influences, such as these novels, had been absolutely banned, which made what they did illegal. On the other hand, as any other typical teenager, Ma and Luo decide that if something is banned, it must be worth reading, and therefore decide to read these Western Classics.
Tera January English 101 Professor Howell Assignment 2 – Final Draft 6 July 2013 Summary for Lubrano’s “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts” In Alfred Lubrano's essay "The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts" he explains the differences and difficulties of what individuals can go through while attending college. When deciding to go to college you are making one major change that an individual from a working class family can make in their life. Lubrano makes a vital point that as children grow and move on from their parents traditions they lose their family support system due to the fact the once the student gets to campus they will run into multiple different types of environments and will also have no time to chit chat due to being over worked by class assignments. Throughout the essay Lubrano explains that by attending college, the child from a working class family defies the lower income stereotype; he/she is excluding the life of their parents and choosing a different life to live. He also examines other areas that would have an effect on the differences between middle class and working class students.
Unlke Yunior, she did not grow up in another country. Her struggle deals with finding an identity as a Chinese- American. Unlike the Domincan culture, which seems to be outspoken and open, the Chinese seem to encourage silence and secrets. The novel begins with Kingston’s mother saying, “You must not tell anyone,” before sharing the story with her daughter. - Silence is encouraged in their culture, allowing Kingston to develop into a shy, awkward girl with trouble adjusting.
Why Chinese Mothers are Superior There are numerous different ways to raise your child, and the “Western” parents often wonder how the Chinese can get so successful kids and in this article Amy Chua, who is a professor at Yale Law School and author of “Day of Empire” and "World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability." explains how the difference in the Chinese and Western methods of raising your child. When I write Chinese- and Western parents it’s in a very loose way, just like Amy Chua writes in the article. Amy Chua has two girls, Louisa and Sophia, they live in New Haven. She comes with examples throughout the book on how she raised her two girls.
How will she understand your feelings? Jing-mei Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, Lena St. Clair grown up speaking English and drinking Coco-cola, free to choice their jobs, their life styles and their husbands. But they also carry the hopes and expectations of their mothers: Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, Ying-ying St Clair., who left unspeakable sorrows behind them in China to travel to America where their children will have choices that were denied to them. But it’s also a country of change and confusion, a place where the Chinese idea of “joy luck” doesn’t mean the same to an American-born mind. Each mother and daughter tell her own story.
She submitted a short story, titled Sing to the Dawn, to the Council for Interracial Books for Children for its annual short story contest. She won the award for the Asian American Division of unpublished Third World Authors, and was encouraged to expand the story into a novel. This she did, and through the process Ho began to see writing as "a political expression," as she once wrote in Interracial Books for Children Bulletin. She had mistrusted the stories about Thailand, Burma, and China she previously read, for she thought that their mostly idyllic portrayal of lives there misrepresented the Asia that she came to know during her childhood. In Sing to the Dawn, Ho brought her readers into a realistic rural Thailand through the eyes of a young village girl Dawan, whose struggle to convince
Essay; “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” The article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua posted in The Wall Street Journal; January 8, 2011 is an educational philosophy of Chinese mothers and Western parenting. Amy Chua, a Chinese mother of two daughters, gives her opinion of how children should be pushed into working hard, to achieve, and be the best. “Nothing is fun until you’re good at it” – this is Amy Chua technique and opinion on how to motivate her children, to ensure that they achieves to the maximum of their abilities. But the dilemma lies, when the question of educational philosophy contrast to the western worlds. Some studies show that Chinese parents spend about 10 times as long as Western parents on academic activities with their children on a daily basis.
10/11/2014 CLIT 1008 Ways of Reading Name: Chen Ting Student Number: 3035192230 Tutor Name: Ms. Lin Yiping Tutorial Time slot: Tuesday 4:30 - 5:20 Topic 2: Discuss 1-2 of the following themes in "The Young Shen Nong": (1) heroism, (2) the power (and limitations) of language, or (3) loving relationships. "The Young Shen Nong" is a piece of short fiction written by Dung Kai Cheung, he rewrite the story of the Chinese legend character "Shen Nong", put him in the modern time, and tended to bring out the contracts between "Shen Nong" and the modern society. In the story, there are three main themes, and I would like to discuss the two of them, which are the challenge towards the power of language and the questioning to the loving relationship. In common sense, language is used to record facts in the past, which we call history, and we generally believe that all the history we know by written text are true. However, in "The Young Shen Nong", Dung challenge this thoughts and point out that language has limitations.