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Unit1 PaperTigers WesleyYang AdditionalBackgroundInformation (AboutBattleHymnoftheTigerMother) WhatfollowsisacommentonBattleHymnoftheTigerMotherbyElizabethChang,aneditorofTheWashingtonPost'sSundayMagazine,whichcarriedthearticleonJanuary8th,2011. ThecoverofBattleHymnoftheTigerMotherwascatniptothisaverageparent'ssoul.AlthoughthememoirseemstohavebeenwrittentoprovethatChineseparentsarebetteratraisingchildrenthanWesternones,thecovertextclaimsthatinsteaditportrays"abitterclashofcultures,afleetingtasteofglory"andhowtheTigerMother“washumbledbya13-year-old.”AsahopelesslyWesternmothermarriedintoaChinesefamilylivinginanareathatgeneratesimmigrantprodigiesasreliablyascloudsproducerain,Iwaseagertoobservethecomeuppanceofaparentwhothoughtshehadalltheanswers. And,inmanyways,"TigerMother"didnotdisappoint.Atnight,Iwouldnudgemyhusbandawaketoreadhimsomeofitsmorerevealingpassages,suchaswhenauthorAmyChuathreatenedtoburnherolderdaughter'sstuffedanimalsifthechilddidn'timproveherpianoplaying."WhatChineseparentsunderstand,"Chuawrites,"isthatnothingisfununtilyou'regoodatit."Byday,IwouldtellmyowntwodaughtersabouthowChuathrewunimpressivebirthdaycardsbackatheryounggirlsandorderedthemtomakebetterones.Foramotherwhosehalf-Chinesechildrenplayedoutsidewhilethekidsofstricterimmigrantneighborscouldbeheardlaboringovertheviolinandpiano,thebookcanbewickedlygratifying.Readingitislikesecretlypeeringintothehomeofacontrolling,obsessiveyetcompulsivelyhonestmother—onewhosometimesmakestherestofuslookgood,iflessremarkableandwithlessimpressiveoffspring.Doesbecomingsuper-accomplishedmakeupforyearsofstress?That'ssomethingmydaughtersandIwillneverfindout. Chuaisalawprofessorandauthoroftwoacclaimedbooksoninternationalaffairs,thoughreadersof"TigerMother"getonlyaglimpseofthatpartofherlife,withairy,tossedoff-linessuchas"Meanwhile,IwasstillteachingmycoursesatYaleandfinishingupmysecondbook"whilealso"travelingcontinuously,givinglecturesaboutdemocratizationandethnicconflict."Herthirdbookabandonsglobalconcernstofocusintimately