>Anybody else read this?
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>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html?reflink=djm_wsj_mu0111_chuabookexcerpt#articleTabs%3Darticle
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>Title of the article is "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" and here's an excerpt:
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>Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:
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>• attend a sleepover
>• have a playdate
>• be in a school play
>• complain about not being in a school play
>• watch TV or play computer games
>• choose their own extracurricular activities
>• get any grade less than an A
>• not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama
>• play any instrument other than the piano or violin
>• not play the piano or violin.
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>A bit much, I think ... other comments & opinions?
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Hilarious! I know some of it is tongue in cheek but there is also a lot of truth to it. One of Emily's friends is a Filipino-American girl whose parents drive her like a sled dog a mile from the finish of the Iditarod. At some point she began driving herself like a sled dog a mile from the finish of the Iditarod. She will probably be the valedictorian. In fact she informs all and sundry that she already is. (Wouldn't it be cool if she got a boyfriend or something and bombed a couple of classes this semester? ;-) )