Recently, i have watched a contemporary theater show called "Sandcastle". This was the first time of watching a life theater show and it really meant so much to me. In the show, the focus falls on three best friends. They study together, discuss their future together, play their favorite Dota and football game together, plan their graduation trip together. I wonder if i have one now. Their friendship starts to raise to a peak where they quarrel because of an scholarship issue - the status and privilege of the bumi putera. It is actually a misunderstanding. But, it is strong enough to ruin the friendship. I related myself to the scholarship issue... And Friendship is just like the sandcastle. I wonder if our friendship is just like the sandcastle. Three of them went through a lot of things, created a lot of meaningful and happy memories. When they reached the peak of Mount Kinabalu before the quarrel, they promised each other to hike this Mountain again in 10 ye...
This is indeed a great book which talks about how a Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But, instead, it's a bit of clash of cultures. Amy Chua, as an immigrant striver, determined to make a better life for herself and his family, especially her daughters. The central tenet of Chinese parenting- that children gain confidence by being good at things, and the only way to be good at things is to work at them. This statement is quite hard to argue with. But, in my point of view, i really agree with her way of raising kids in a certain circumstance. Somehow, I really hope Amy Chua were my mother(XD), so that i can be excellent in music and also academic. For your information, these are some things that Amy's daughters were never allowed to do: 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 n...
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