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would be like, ‘She’s so studious!’ And
that was praise.”
It’s hard to imagine other American
moms and dads outside Cupertino smiling
on a child who reads in public
while everyone else is gathered around
the barbecue. But parents schooled a
generation ago in Asian countries were
likely taught this quieter style as children.
In many East Asian classrooms,
the traditional curriculum emphasizes
listening, writing, reading, and memorization.
Talking is simply not a focus,
and is even discouraged.
“The teaching back home is very different
from here,” says Hung Wei Chien,
a Cupertino mom who came to the
United States from Taiwan in 1979 to
attend graduate school at UCLA.
“There, you learn the subject, and they
test you. At least when I grew up, they
don’t go off subject a lot, and they don’t
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