Yu Zhao By Yilu Zhao Summary

In a 2002 New York Times article written by Yilu Zhao, he discusses an incident that has since been a mainstream topic within the American society. In his article he tells of a Chinese immigrant mother who beat her 8-year-old son because he had been doing his homework. Due to welts showing up on his body the next day while he was at school, the teachers reported the incident to the Administration for Children’s Service in New York. As a result, all three of the Chinese mother’s children were removed from her care and placed in foster care. In addition, the parents underwent an investigation for child abuse. As the article continues, Zhao explains how corporal punishment is common within the Chinese culture, despite its opposition towards …show more content…
Yes, if a parent establishes stern boundaries, there will be lesser disciplinary situations, and however, this does not work for every child; some do need that “tough love.” In another interview that I conducted with another friend, Kya, who has a one-year old daughter named Cali. I asked “How do you discipline your daughter, do you believe in physical punishment?” Her response was very different from Brittany. She said “First off, I do not believe in spanking my child, especially at her age. I feel she is too young for that. Yes, sometimes I may pop her on the hand, but that’s as far as I’ll go.” I then asked “What do you do instead?” She said “I don’t really have to do much. For the most part, I have to watch her every move because she’s always into something, but all I have to say is No No Cali, and she moves on to something …show more content…
One incident, he recalls involved two African-American male students who were escorted to his office after being asked to leave class for “disruptive behavior and disrespecting the teacher.” Once the two were in Mr. Lucas’ office, they explained what happened in class and how a misunderstanding became a bigger conflict. The students explained that they were having a debate in class where they were expressing their opposing sides of an undisclosed topic that was related to their lesson. After a while, the teacher gave the directive to cease, but they paid no attention to his request due to how he said. They considered it to in a “quiet” tone, so as a result; they thought he wasn’t serious and continued on with their discussion. Upon this, they were then removed from class for the aforementioned reasons. Considering their African American cultural background, they did not take their teacher’s instruction seriously because it lacked assertiveness in which they are used to when being told to do something. The teacher didn’t “say it like he meant it.” In retrospect, the students were not trying to be defiant against their teacher. It was a misunderstanding due to a cultural