BATTLE HYMN of THE TIGER MOTHER “AMY CHUA” Part 2

By Rapidah Fitri

Hi, guys. As my promise to you before, in this part I am going to tell you about Part 2 of BATTLE HYMN of THE TIGER MOTHER “AMY CHUA”. This part is about battle journey of a mother “Amy Chua” and her children “Sophia and Lulu”.

“Sophia” is the first child of Amy Chua and her husband. She is very smart. She had known about alphabet when she was 18 months. She is the winner in her class especially in math. When other children learnt how to count 1 until 10 by American creative way, but for Sophia, she learnt how to learn increment, alleviation, multiplication, decimal and other by Chinese way. It was very amazing.

But, you know guys. This is very different with her second child “Lulu”. Actually, lulu is also very smart but she is a protester girl. She never wants to do something that she doesn’t want. If she can, she will not follow desirability of her mother. But she must still do anything that her mother wants.

Amy Chua wants Sophia and Lulu can speak Chinese and be the best students in all lessons, so every day they must always speak Chinese. She always says to her children “Don’t complain or make many reasons, if there is something that is unjust in your school, just give proof that you are better than them by learning harder”.

Every day Sophia must exercise piano minimal 90 minutes included when holiday. Chinese parents understand that there is no something happy until we can do the best, they always want to have perfect score from their children because they believe that their children can do that. And for doing that, they must learn. And practice diligently is very important for getting grandeur; but, always practices are not really important in America.

Amy Chua said to Lulu and Sophia; “parents are still our parents, we have debt with them. So, we must do anything for our parents”.

Many things happen in Amy Chua’s family, sometime that happen was happy and made them still close. But, sometime they will battle and make something was sad.

Focus to educate children by Chinese way is a big achievement. Anything that I do is 100% just for my children “Lulu and Sophia”. Said Amy Chua.

Amy Chua said to herself that “educate children by Chinese way is something that most difficult that I can daydream. Sometime, someone who we love very much must hate us. This is like a hard battle that there is no final, always demand commitment 24 hours every day, tenacity and braveness. But when we are winner, it will give us a big opportunity and it means freedom.

Well friends, those all the short story of tiger mother bf Amy Chua. I hope this story will give you information what is way that will you choose to educate your children.

“If educate children by Chinese way will get successful, there is no something that will make it lose. But this way isn’t always success”.

“I believe lucky and harder I try, I will get many lucky” By Benjamin Franklin.

Amy Chua