Amy Chua, author of the book Battle Hymn of Tiger Mother, posted a controversial post on the Wall Street Journal titling 'Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior?" After reading the post, i personally felt that there are some certain truth in it that Asian parents tend to treat their kids the same way as that of Amy Chua. When we are small, our parents tend to let force us to learn instruments such as piano. Unlike western parents, Asian parents tend to expect children to get good grades that it is never the school or teachers fault if kids have a bad score. I agree with Amy that only through these kinds of Spartan education can we arm our children with skill and confidence to deal with future adult life. However, I find that the only way to really prepare our children with the future is to balance both western and eastern style of education. We need to prepare kids with both the diligent working habit and passions to find stuff that they will find motivated in the future.
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