Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.
Lesson 27.

Text name on your CD: "L27WhyChineseMothersAreSuperior.pdf".

Extra exercise.
Share your point of view. Tell us your take about

1. Not allowing your kids to do the things on Amy's list.
2. Being respectful to your parents
3. Children's self-esteem
4. Getting straight A's when at school
5. Her story about her kids learning a tough piano piece.

  

Find out a bit more about the book this essay is based on. Find it as a book, as an e-book for your kindle or as an e-book for your i-pad or smartphone (i-phone or android) at http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hymn-Tiger-Mother-Chua/dp/1594202842/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314034281&sr=1-1 

 

 

Fashion and Job Interviews

Fashion and Job Interviews.
Lesson 29 and Lesson 27.

Watch the excerpt from 20th Century Fox's movie "The Devil Wears Prada".
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/03/05/multimedia/1194838344008/the-devil-wears-prada-excerpt.html

Exercise.
What are Andy Sachs' possibilities to get the job? Why is that?

Pregnancy and How that Shapes the Babies' Lifes.

Pregnancy and How That Shapes the Babies' Lifes.

Lesson 27.


Exercise.
What's the basic theory around what Annie Murphy Paul talks about in her book?

Extra Work Lesson 27

Extra Work Lesson 27.

Extra Work: Pony Tails (in your CD).
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "KWWL #54 Pony Tails".

Audio name on your CD: "KWWL #54 Pony Tails.mp3" Mp3 file.

Expressions.
Do your hair.
Tie your shoes.
Pick your clothes.
Stripes
Polka dots.

Lead someone on a path to. SHe's leading her daughter on a path to independence.
Pony tails even.
On any given day.
Appropiately batched.
Tank top.
Patten leather shoes.


Drive someone insane.
Track pants.

Football helmet.

Epilepsy.

Exercise.
Listen to what these parents do about letting their kids be independent. Share your own thoughts about that issue. What kind of a parent are you? What kind of a parent are you planning to be?