Pretend you are writing a letter to the editor of the The Wall Street journal about your thoughts and feelings about the article Why Chinese Mothers are superior by Amy Chua

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Pretend you are writing a letter to the editor of the ‘The Wall Street journal’ about your thoughts and feelings about the article ‘Why Chinese Mothers’ are superior by Amy Chua

After reading “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” my first thought about Chinese mothers was why can’t western mothers have the mentality of a Chinese mother? It seems to me that, despite the fact that many Westerners believe that the Chinese mentality is harsh, Chinese children are more likely to succeed than Western children. Everything made sense to why Chinese students have graduated valedictorian from my high school for the past four years. On the other hand, another conclusion that I came to was that Chinese mothers are much too strict. Although they want their child to succeed, I believe that they need to allow certain freedoms in order to encourage individualism. Upon that note, I believe that Chinese parents, even though they have a great mentality, are too strict.

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I saw many quotes which supported suggested that Chinese parents would do anything to make their child perform better academically. The first quote was, “What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it.” After I read this, I thought that this phrase glorifies the fact that Ms. Chua believes that children should be forced to do something until they are good at it. Although school can be challenging, it does not mean that the student should simply give up on himself or herself. Getting straight A’s takes time. With time, the child will learn to ...

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