The paper, Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really the Answer? By Annie Murphy Paul examines the theory of, “Hard work, persistence, no patience for excuses: whether Chinese or American, that sounds like a prescription for success with which it's very difficult to argue.” (Page 5 paragraph 41. The Author (Annie) tells an Asian mom named Amy Chua’s, story. Amy Chua describes herself as a Tiger Mom, which means her parenting decisions are stricter than most Americans. She thinks that the only way for her children to have success is to work at it until your good at it. She was attacked by some when her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother came out exposing some of her parenting methods with her two daughters, Sophia and Lulu. Many readers responded
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Chua’s forcefulness on her daughters, including studying and practicing. Mrs. Chua was very strict and expected complete A’s from her daughters and a hundred percent effort with everything they did. She got a lot of positive and negative feedback when her book was released and everyone read about the “Tiger Mom” and her teaching methods. The middle part of the article goes into a comparison of China to America including their test scores, economy, and overall attitude. China is comparatively better than America in everyway and that’s the Authors argument for why the Asian mother is so hard on her kids and why Americans see it as ridiculous. The conclusion part of the article includes an interview from Mrs. Chua explaining her reasoning behind her madness. She grew up with very strict parents that were firm with her when she was a child and she was the same way with her kids. She is a successful Yale law professor and she says that without her parents being extremely strict she wouldn’t have had the amazing life she has now, so she’s passing it down to her kids. At the very end the article the question no longer is, Has Mrs. Chua gone to far but turns to why isn’t everyone taking lessons from this scientifically proven method of parenting successful children in this now so wimpy …show more content…
There was research on American test scores compared to China and other countries. “American students were mire in the middle: 17th in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math- 17th overall. For the first time since PISA began its rankings in 2000, students in Shanghai took the test…” (Page 2 paragraph 10). This study design is only apparent throughout the article when needed. On page two she wrote about studies on test scores and progress. Continuing on page two she goes into a speech Obama held about Sputnik to say that America is falling behind in a contest (Education and economic growth) and China is pulling ahead, fast. On page four there is psychologists study that Amy Chua’s ideas of, repetition, hard work, and honesty no matter how harsh. In Chua’s words, “assume strength, not fragility, and as a result they behave very differently.” Her research is adequate. The research she provides give telling details for the reader to make their own mind up about the article and not swaying the article one way or
Chua’s forcefulness on her daughters, including studying and practicing. Mrs. Chua was very strict and expected complete A’s from her daughters and a hundred percent effort with everything they did. She got a lot of positive and negative feedback when her book was released and everyone read about the “Tiger Mom” and her teaching methods. The middle part of the article goes into a comparison of China to America including their test scores, economy, and overall attitude. China is comparatively better than America in everyway and that’s the Authors argument for why the Asian mother is so hard on her kids and why Americans see it as ridiculous. The conclusion part of the article includes an interview from Mrs. Chua explaining her reasoning behind her madness. She grew up with very strict parents that were firm with her when she was a child and she was the same way with her kids. She is a successful Yale law professor and she says that without her parents being extremely strict she wouldn’t have had the amazing life she has now, so she’s passing it down to her kids. At the very end the article the question no longer is, Has Mrs. Chua gone to far but turns to why isn’t everyone taking lessons from this scientifically proven method of parenting successful children in this now so wimpy …show more content…
There was research on American test scores compared to China and other countries. “American students were mire in the middle: 17th in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math- 17th overall. For the first time since PISA began its rankings in 2000, students in Shanghai took the test…” (Page 2 paragraph 10). This study design is only apparent throughout the article when needed. On page two she wrote about studies on test scores and progress. Continuing on page two she goes into a speech Obama held about Sputnik to say that America is falling behind in a contest (Education and economic growth) and China is pulling ahead, fast. On page four there is psychologists study that Amy Chua’s ideas of, repetition, hard work, and honesty no matter how harsh. In Chua’s words, “assume strength, not fragility, and as a result they behave very differently.” Her research is adequate. The research she provides give telling details for the reader to make their own mind up about the article and not swaying the article one way or