New Site

We're making a change to the way that we release work for our classes. The main lessons (the things that we'll do in class each day) will now be found at the site "Optimal Beneficial Moreover Detrimental: Classroom." We're keeping this site, with a slightly different name, in order to release a reading a day for students to practice their reading at home. Each post will contain a link to a reading, along with a list of assignments that can be completed for that reading.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

27.4. "Tao of Tough Love," Gish Jen on Amy Chua, the Tiger Mom, W9.


What We're Working on TodayOur skill is the same as yesterday's -- choosing good support from the right spot, crafting sentences that cite this support, and using an ellipsis to indicate where we cut parts we didn't need.
Our thematic objective is to think about the different beliefs that people have about raising kids, to come to a decision ourselves that helps us think about our status as children and (one day, perhaps) parents.

Things that We Need to Know
It's Thursday, if you don't know what you're doing by now, ask your peers or check the other posts this week. At some point, you have to be able to take the training wheels off.

The Text:
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Tao of Tough Love," writer Gish Jen's review of the nonfiction book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua.

The Product:The author of the book reviewed states in the article that, "nothing is fun unless you're good at it."
  • According to the text, how has that belief affected her behavior?
  • Do you agree with this assertion? What in youur life has led to think as you do?


Assessment: Again, same as yesterday.

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