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Battle hymn of the tiger mother author amy chua talks back wsj. More accurately, it was a piece of paper folded crookedly. The chinese mother a lot of people wonder how chinese parents raise such stereotypically. The article, titled why chinese mothers are superior, attracted a lot of attention, generating more than 4,000 comments on and around 100,000 comments on facebook. In one extreme example, chua mentioned that she had called one of her children garbage, a translation of a term her own father called her on occasion in her familys native hokkien dialect.
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Amy chua is a professor from yale law school and the mother of two adolescent girls, sophia and louisa. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 237 pages and is available in hardcover format. The tiger mother responds to readers ideas market wsj. An exclusive excerpt from amy chuas battle hymn of the tiger mother. The main characters of this non fiction, autobiography story are.
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The following is an excerpt from beyond the tiger mom. How to discuss a book helpful discussion tips generic discussion questionsfiction and nonfiction readthinktalk a guided reading chart also consider these litlovers talking points to help get a discussion started for battle hymn of the tiger mother. Amy chua, author of battle hymn of the tiger mom dispel the hype and myths about asian parenting and uncover. Duff professor of law at yale law school, published battle hymn of the tiger mother in 2011. Her memoir, which chronicles her strict approach to parenthood, has provoked commentary by parents, children including ms. It was a followup to the wall street journal piece, which is an excerpt from battle hymn of the tiger mother.
Discussion questions use our litlovers book club resources. My twelveyearold twins had been read an excerpt from the book by their teacher, a wellknown provocateur. Battle hymn of the tiger mother chronicles chuas ironwilled decision to raise her daughters, sophia and lulu, the chinese way and the. Lulu handed me her surprise, which turned out to be a card, writes chua in her explosive new memoir, battle hymn of the tiger mother. Amy chua s battle hymn of the tiger mother 749 words cram. By now you may have heard about the excerpt of her book, battle hymn of the tiger mother, that appeared last week in the wall street journal. Why chinese mothers are superior for literature the new. Amy chua battle hymn of the tiger mother excerpt genius. Its also about mozart and mendelssohn, the piano and the violin, and how we. Since the wall street journal ran an excerpt of battle hymn of the tiger mother under the cantlookaway headline why chinese mothers are superior, author amy chua, a professor at yale law. Battle hymn of the tiger mother and millions of other books are available for instant access. E book excerpt beyond the tiger mom is a brilliant book hardhitting and brutally honest but also balanced, insightful, and funny. Chua, who has already obtained a piano teacher for sophia, attempts to begin lulu on the piano at a very young age. Like battle hymn of the tiger mother, tottochan is also a memoir about the upbringing of children mostly focuses on the little girl main character.
Mothers are superior in the wall street journal on january 8, 2011, contained excerpts from her book in which chua recounts her efforts to. Tiger, tiger by margaux fragoso goodreads share book. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what its like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. The back cover spells out, in black and red type, how to be a tiger mother. Battle hymn of the tiger mother chronicles chuas ironwilled decision to raise her daughters, sophia and lulu, the chinese way and the remarkable, sometimes heartbreaking results her choice inspires.
An excerpt from the book, which recently ran under the headline why chinese mothers are superior in the wall street journal, drew more than 5,000 online comments most of them angry. Read free book excerpt from battle hymn of the tiger mother by amy chua, page 1 of 1. The hubbub over the tiger mother amy chua has spawned a robust national conversation about being a parent. Chua uses the term tiger mother to describe a mother who is a strict disciplinarian.
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