Mother, superior? | Page 4 of 4. Amy Chua's "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom" has set off a fiery debate over the merits of Western versus Asian parenting styles. Jeff Yang jumps into the flames -- and talks to the author who ignited them If you're Asian American -- or if you have close Asian friends -- you know that a staple of Asian American humor is stories about over-the-top maternal expectations and demands. Black folks tell "yo momma" jokes; Asian folks tell "my momma" jokes. That's because for many Asian Americans, the path to adulthood is a sustained, multi-decade-long three-legged race, in which mom drags offspring through a furious gauntlet of piano lessons and college prep, violin lessons and more college prep, disappointment and anger and blowups and reconciliation and then more college prep. We survivors commonly call this the "Crazy Asian Mom" phenomenon.
Always lovingly, of course. "A+" is for Asian Su isn't alone in accusing Chua of "child abuse. " Tough love What values? Good old-fashioned Asian values. Law School Dean Hotties: Your Male Nominees « Above the Law: A Legal Tabloid - News and Colorful Commentary on Law Firms and the Legal Profession. Above the Law’s super-exciting Law School Dean Hotties Contest is in full swing. Yesterday we announced the female nominees (click here to vote). Today, it’s the men’s turn.
The nomination rules can be reviewed here. You were free to nominate deans other than THE dean of the law school, such as deputy, assistant, or associate deans. Please note this slate of nominees is final. You can scrutinize the photos and testimonials for the male nominees, and vote for America’s Hottest Law School Dean, after the jump. Before proceeding to the nominees, a few quick shout-outs to three handsome gentlemen who were excluded from the contest as former deans: “Too bad there’s no category for former deans. But enough dwelling on past glories; let’s focus on the present. 1.
“Caminker’s terribly smart. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Those are the seven dashing men in the running for the title of America’s Hottest Male Law School Dean. To all the contestants: GOOD LUCK!!! You know what? Amy Chua’s actually…nice — Absolutely Fobulous. So a few weeks after the infamous WSJ article titled, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” came out, I had the pleasure of attending a book discussion in Seattle to hear Ms. Chua, herself, speak out against the controversy she’s stirred up with the recent release of her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. While I’m not Amy Chua’s daughter and can’t personally attest to how she is outside of the public eye, she was anything but “tiger-like” at the book discussion.
This petite, youthful-looking Yale law professor was poised, personable, and hilarious! According to Chua, her book is a memoir about her and her family, not a comparative parenting book. She sure has people riled — her post has received more comments than any other article published on the WSJ website. When I read the article, my first thought was, “Wow, she doesn’t let her daughters go to sleepovers? (Thanks, Joyce, for the photo!) You might also like: Ann Coulter « Above the Law: A Legal Tabloid - News and Colorful Commentary on Law Firms and the Legal Profession. Earlier this year, controversial blonde pundit Ann Coulter joked about putting rat poison in Justice John Paul Stevens’s creme brulee. Did Coulter give someone an idea? Check out this story, from the Star-Telegram of Forth Worth: When federal appellate Judge Danny Boggs said at a Friday legal conference at Las Colinas that physical assaults aimed at judges have come mainly from “the deranged,” Justice Sandra Day O’Connor underscored the safety concerns.
“Every member of the Supreme Court received a wonderful package of home-baked cookies, and I don’t know why, the staff decided to analyze them,” she recounted. Sounds pretty serious, right? The danger posed by the packages was immediately apparent. Supreme Court justices get accused of many things. All mail received at the Supreme Court is screened, and the tainted packages never reached the justices, said Kathleen Arberg, the court’s public information officer.
So it’s not that easy to poison a Supreme Court justice. Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.