This is a strange, rambling article. And the above statement is just wrong. And the author doesn't know anything about Amy Chua's philosophy. If anything, Chua would say BECAUSE the schools are failing, you must take responsibility for making sure your children are educated and motivated to learn.
This is a long, rambling article that doesn’t say much really.
‘In communism its even worse. People are viewed as commodities, assets that are expendable’
IIRC, Kathleen Sebelius referred to the American people as ‘Human Capital’. We are just commodities and assets to be used for the Government’s ends. I worked in a medical lab that referred to we, the employees, as ‘Human Capital’. I left as soon as I could.
Not great writing. Not sure about the premise either. Collectivism tends to promote the incompetent up the authority ladder. It is free Asian countries like Japan, S Korea, Singapore who drive their children hard to achieve.
While learning disabilities may be poorly defined and overly employed as an excuse for results with different causes, they do exist. As an example, dyslexia is very real.
Mr. Ball said, “My wife and I looked at each other, I wanted to go over and tell this person...” But of course he did not go over or say anything to him.
We visited Bristol to see the “Birthplace of Country Music Museum” last week (and loved it!) In line at the grocery store later, we saw a man pop his son on the rear and say, “Enough!” An elderly woman right there, who thought she knew what was going on, said, “Don’t spank him for that!” Everyone, about a dozen people, stopped what they were doing in both check lines and glared at her; the father said nothing. She looked around and started back tracking, “I just meant don’t spank him for THAT. He wasn’t hurting my cart. Uh...” People were still silent and glaring. She said, “I know that children sometimes need to be spanked! ...uhh...” Then turning to the father she politely said, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have tried to interfere.” Immediately everything returned to normal.
Disagree with some points in this article.
The kids who became hippies did have an easy childhood and didn’t appreciate it. But they had harsh, jealous parents which put a wedge between their generations. Openness about sensuality is natural. Spend time with a three year old. But the parents of the 60s kids were harsh and anti-sensual. Think of JFK. He loved sex with numbers of beautiful women, but they would tell you his was attack and be done sex. He didn’t please them or enjoy “lovemaking,” he wanted conquest. The parents saw openness in hair and dress and attitude to be “bad.” This polarized the 60s kids and the Vietnam War did the rest. Sadly, the media followed this generation and they believed they could do no wrong. They followed the smell of burning cannabis right into the socialism lure.
Tiger parents also see their children as their possessions. It’s not love. It’s more akin to dog training.
Children need love, acceptance as they are, AND challenges to be successful and good moral people.
Oh, and LEARNING DISABILITIES EXIST. Sheesh.
Well dear boy I hope you repented for lying when you said that prayer because ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN ACCOUNT that was not what happened.
And I hope you drank lots of water after this encounter (if it even happened) because the conclusions you jumped too had to leave you dehydrated.