Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother By George Bernard Shaw

The New Innovation

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw. In each of the three texts Banking Concept by Paulo Friere, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, and Sanctuary of Schoolby Lynda Barry Change is something each of them want to propose. In all three of the texts change in the outcome of how students learn, how teachers or parents teach children, and how they can change one another. In the text, The Banking Concept, the change is expressed by wanting to go from what’s known as the “banking concept” to a problem posing way of teaching. “The outstanding characteristics of this, narrative education, then, is the sonority of words, not their …show more content…
Everyone has their own views on and ways of teaching their own children. Chua believes that the way her children will change into successful beings, by persistently making them work at one thing until it is mastered. She compares much of how she does with how the western parents teach their children. She makes a statement that she can tell her children that they are being lazy and everyone is getting ahead of them but the western parents have off feeling about their own life achievements. She believes this is the most successful way to have a successful child, in fact she believes she knows what’s best for her child. Although, studies have shown by Kathiann M. Kowalski an experienced journalist that every child learns differently. Kowalski explains that some of your learning styles may be inherited, meaning that children are born with certain traits that will affect how each different child will learn. With that being said every student might have to learn differently and try different leaning techniques. Chua’s way of getting her children may not work for all, it may work for her, but maybe not a child with an ADD disorder. Some may have to have food, music, lights, just as a way to focus on what they must learn. Whereas other may need to be in a secluded room, no lights, no noise, no distractions and just be left to what they are to learn. Chua, although believes this is the most effectual way to make her child, and even a western styled parent to teach her children to learn as well. Each student and child is a different individual and must be treated as so to learn the most effectively. Although Chua believes sitting her child down for a long period of time to practice at one thing is the best thing. In Chua’s story it does work, she speaks for the moment that after practicing for so long and when her child