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A good read...

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fdny-ot
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A good read...

The 'Tiger Mom' Superiority Complex

It's long, but I thought I'd share.

Message edited 1/28/2014 6:17:02 PM.

Posted 1/28/14 6:12 PM
 
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MrsDamonSalv7319
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Re: A good read...

Very interesting. I wasn't sure where she was going with it, but this part is very true and important for everyone to remember when making assumptions (good or bad) about cultures:

"It's not conformity that makes this country great; it's an individual striking out against the expectations of his culture, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg dropping out of Harvard, Miles Davis coming out of heroin addiction to produce 'Round About Midnight, the 14-year-old Billie Holiday turning the pain of her childhood into the bluest beauty, Sylvia Plath taking on death with pills and poetry, William S. Burroughs writing from the bowels of his addiction in Naked Lunch; it's Hemingway and Fitzgerald and Cheever and Carver drinking and writing, writing and drinking through their demons. Imagine what American culture would be if American artists had kept a tight check on their impulses."

Posted 1/28/14 8:13 PM
 
 

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