In this day and age students are tested. They are tested in everything. Once a child enters school they are in for a lifetime of being tested. Many people believe these tests do not represent all types of intelligence, and that children have their own unique aptitudes. In “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Amy Chua goes on to describe this as “Western” thinking. Is this why the Chinese and a multitude of other Asian countries test scores tower above those of the average child raised by western parents? According to the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development the United States currently ranks twenty-eighth on the global education chart in math, science, and reading, while Asian countries took the top five spots on the chart.
Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School, and is the author of many published books including “The Tiger Mother (2011)”, from which the article was excerpted by the Wall Street Journal. The editors named the excerpt “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” to catch the average American reader’s attention. Once the reader’s attention has been caught …show more content…
This story is quite entertaining, but I would not classify this story as an entertainment piece. Since I think that it most closely resembles an informative article, I feel as if there should have been less feelings of emotion in the article. Since Chua was raised by a Chinese mother and she was a Chinese mother herself the majority of the information provided referenced the Chinese culture. This made me feel as if she was a bit one sided in the matter. In my opinion if a Chinese parent was to read this excerpt that it would have little to no effect on them. I don’t think they would understand the thought process behind the Western parent much more then they had previously
Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School, and is the author of many published books including “The Tiger Mother (2011)”, from which the article was excerpted by the Wall Street Journal. The editors named the excerpt “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” to catch the average American reader’s attention. Once the reader’s attention has been caught …show more content…
This story is quite entertaining, but I would not classify this story as an entertainment piece. Since I think that it most closely resembles an informative article, I feel as if there should have been less feelings of emotion in the article. Since Chua was raised by a Chinese mother and she was a Chinese mother herself the majority of the information provided referenced the Chinese culture. This made me feel as if she was a bit one sided in the matter. In my opinion if a Chinese parent was to read this excerpt that it would have little to no effect on them. I don’t think they would understand the thought process behind the Western parent much more then they had previously