Dear Mrs. Amy Chua, As an experienced (seasoned) mother of four, having recently read an excerpt from your book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” I unconditionally disagree with your perspective on this idea. Your ideal parenting method is unacceptable as it damages self-esteem, confidence, and creativity. It truly scares me to think that the content of your article may persuade amateur parents to mimic you and your “tactics”, which would be an absolutely tragic plummet in parenting standards, sending us back to the 1900s. I understand that you believe that the best way to raise a child is through an intense regimen consisting of limited leisure and long hours of study. However, you must recognize that there is much more to childhood than this. Do you have any recollection of what you were like as a child, and what you wanted? I can hardly believe that as a 10-year-old, your sole purpose in life was to become what you want your child to be now. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this matter. I am appalled by your arrogance and that you have the audacity to think that you are “superior”. I stand by my decision for my stance because children are not machines. They too, believe it or not, have emotion, limits and temperaments. …show more content…
This unique ability to imagine outside the expected is deemed crucial in the modern work environment. Your article may be missing information on how your parenting model affects the future career and success of your children. As disappointing as it is, they can’t all be doctors! This creative thinking proves to be a factor heavily considered in most positions of employment and it makes someone stand out amongst other applicants. This individuality of a person is what makes them special and needed in a
Do you know anyone who is going through depression? Do you know anyone who wants to commit suicide? Have you ever thought that there is a way they can get better from depression? " Tears Of A Tiger" By Sharon M Draper, shows us the perspective of a teenage boy named Andy after a life-changing incident happened. The author portrays the story of how Andy turns away from friends and family because of the incident that caused him to have depression.
The author of this book called, “Tears of a Tiger” is written by Sharon M. Draper. This belongs in the Realistic Fiction category. The plot of the story is about a teenage boy named, Andrew Jackson who is undergoing in a severe emotional state after the death of his best friend Robert Washington. Robert died in a DUI incident. He was with his fellow friends, B.J. Carson, Tyrone Mills and Andrew Jackson as the driver.
Tears Of A Tiger Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper an intriguing trilogy of Hazelwood High School, the book may seem boring until draper hits you with the left hook at the ending. The book is about a group of teenage boys who decide to have a little fun after their victorious basketball win. When suddenly ! crash!
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Critique Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, has created an article called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother that intensively describes differences in the usage of parenting methods in Chinese and Westerners culture. The author has personally raised her children in a highly strict manner so her children succeed in life and academics. Chua often refers to the term “Chinese mother” that describes her parenting style apart from Western parents. The main purpose of this article is to show the two parenting techniques and how they affect the child 's success.
Hanna Rosin’s article, “The Overprotected Kid”, addresses the issue that kids are missing out on developmental benefits when they are not allowed to explore the world by weighing their own risks. She introduces rhetoric concepts such as audience, genre, and purpose to get her point across to her readers. Rosin uses these ideas to portray her opinion in a unique way to connect to her readers and persuade them to consider her viewpoint as their own. This article seems to be written as a persuasive journal entry to parents to sway their parenting behaviors to be less overprotective. In Rosin’s article, she makes a strong argument that kids need independence by making her audience, genre, and purpose known from start to finish.
“Free-Range Kids,” offers the controversial perspective of the ‘free-range’ parenting philosophy, telling readers that “children deserve parents who love them, teach them, trust them—and then let go of the handlebars”. Similarly, the speech given by Julie Lythcott-Haim, “How to raise successful kids without over-parenting” offers the perspective directly opposing the belief that “kids can’t be successful unless parents are protecting and preventing at every turn”. The two texts offer similar perspectives, but utilise different generic conventions. Skenazy utilizes persuasive techniques such as anecdotal evidence, statistics and expert opinion to endorse the ‘free-range’ technique and add a level of validity. She uses satire to criticise parents,
Juveniles can be charged as an adult as young as fourteen. Adolescent is the process of growing up, from a child to an adult. Fourteen year old Riley Simmons, is being charged for the murder of twenty four year old Billy Jackson. He will be tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
I have also learned an important lesson. We never get the opportunity back for each time the parent pushes the child away. I should try my best to acknowledge the child’s feelings and meet the child’s interests, needs and wishes at any time. 6. Experiential Activity: (game, activity, hands-on, role-playing) Topics/Titles: Giant: Explore authoritarian parenting style
Connection to self; Tears of a Tiger The book Tears of a Tiger by Sharron Draper was a book of excitement, sadness, and anger all at the same time. The book was about a high school basketball team. The team had a star by the name of Robert Washington, Washington was killed in a car crash where he and his fellow teammates were in. All of the guys in the car was injured no one except for Robert Washington was killed.
Kids are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes Summary Response The article, “Kids are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes” by Marjie Lundstrom, is about how kids are charged as adults in America’s courts. The courts started charging kids as adults for their crimes. 12 year old Lionel Tate was charged with first-degree murder as an adult. Also, 14 year old Thomas A. Preciado stabbed a mini mart clerk to death. He was also tried as an adult.
Through proper motivation the author hopes overprotective parents will gain encouragement from his argument in creating a positive climate for their
Essay Topic - Compare Ren and Hu, in what ways are they similar and different The novel, Year of The Tiger written by Alison Llyod and is taken place in ancient China during the Han Dynasty. The story is set in the city of Beicheng, which is followed by two very different types of boys one named Hu who is a peasant, and Ren who is a Noble. Even though Ren and Hu may be different in many ways, for example, they're social classes and the amount of love they get from their family, they do have similarities, such as them both loving the Legend of the Archer Yi; I will explain this in more detail to prove my points. You'll be surprised to know that Ren and Hu have a very similar personalities, how?
Though in most fairy tales the princess ends up with her handsome, common-folk lover, all evidence points in the direction that this was not the case with Lady or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton. Stockton leaves the reader to interpret whether the princess directs her lover to open a door containing a tiger that will tear him to shreds or to a different door containing a beautiful woman that the young man will immediately marry. Although most people vie for a happy ending, one can determine through clear evidence that the tiger came out, not the maiden. The whole kingdom can see that the princess loved the man, but this further supports the case that the tiger came out, for if she can't have him, no one can. In addition, Stockton describes the
The major shift in parenting styles started in the 1970’s pg81. Parents went from being the approvers to the ones vying for their children’s approval. It is also a growing trend amongst parents to accommodate their children’s wants into grownup
Throughout the years cases of children committing crimes has attracted a lot of media attention due to its rarity and the controversy that comes with it . Children under the age of 18 should never be punished and tried as adults, instead they should undergo mandatory rehabilitation. This is because children’s brains are not fully developed and adult prisons dont provided proper rehabilitation geared towards children. Children's brains are not fully developed and that can make them make bad decisions, so they should not be punished as adults. It would be unfair becuase“The frontal cortex[of a kid] is continuing to develop, and if you don’t have the neural structure in place , the adolescent cannot really think things through at the same