April 11th, 2011 by Ridhima Suri
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother : Amy Chua
I was holding onto the book through the day and read a couple of chapters whenever possible: waiting for the eye exam, waiting for the car wash, waiting during a doctor’s appointment. Amy Chua made me laugh. Amy Chua left me flabbergasted and I sighed with relief. I was relieved to think that it was just a book and had nothing to do with me. Her thoughts are aggressive and I did not agree with her method.
Yet, there was a connection. I did not know why.
As I waited for my eye doctor to show up, I thought,”It’s a great book! I like it.”
Just then he walked in and he noticed the book. He grinned and asked,”How is this book?”.
I said “I like it.”
He was expressionless. Then he coaxed me, “Do you want to raise your children like that?”. He disapproved the book in just a few seconds but politely asked me to get back to him with my final review. It was obvious that he had just read the WSJ article and not even thought about reading the book. I could tell that he did not want to get anywhere close to the book!
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