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I am reaching out to you because I have some major concerns with my son Braydon Thorman's education. Braydon is in Mrs. Kuithe's 3rd grade class. Braydon seems to be struggling A LOT. Braydon is a very bright kid and that is one reason I am so concerned. Braydon has ADHD and has been diagnosed sence kindergarden. He struggled mostly with being still in KG and first grade. second grade was great, we did have handwriting issues. This year however is such a set back. This is Braydons first year of getting grades and such a transition, a very very hard and stressful transition. When I first saw signs of this I requested a meeting with Mrs. Kuithe and Mrs. Montgomery. I felt good about that meeting. I felt like we really hashed out some of my concerns. He almost made honor roll, then

In the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” the author Amy Chua believes that by not allowing their kids to do a lot of things that normal children can do, Chinese mothers produce the smartest children. Some of the things they don’t allow their children to do are attend sleepovers, be in a school play, get a grade less than an A, and choose their own extracurricular activities. Chinese mothers are not superior but abusive because their methods seem to seclude them from learning the communication skills needed for success in their child's adulthood, it can hinder the relationship they have with their children, and can sometimes lead their children to develop thoughts of suicide.

There are many different types of parents with diverse parenting styles in the world. Some are efficient in their ways, while others struggle to wonder why their child did not turn out to be everything they hoped. The controversial topic of whether the parent knows what is best for their child hangs over the reader’s head in Amy Chua’s article.

“The mind changes, the word changes, time doesn't stay still, history is a verb, it is ongoing, there is no past tense, future tense, history is constant” Hung Liu told interviewer Rachelle Riechart (Riechart). Hung Liu is a Chinese woman who was born in Changchun, China in 1948. She was born during the age which we call the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which heavily impacted her life. She lived in China for 36 years and then left for the United States. She now resides in Oakland, CA, where she teaches art at Mills College (“A World of Art”). A lot of her artwork is based on photographs and memories she has from China and photographs she’s taken in the United

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I am checking in to see how Jesalyn is doing in class? She informed me yesterday when I got home from work, she had a scheduled meeting with you, but had to meet her sister to walk her home. I would like to know what she can do to make this time up with you? If there is anything I can do please let me know. Jesalyn is starting to make small improvements at home and with her attitude. I hope with her father and I holding her more accountable for her actions this will also help improve her work ethic during school.

Though authored possibly centuries apart, the Confucian Analects and court historian Ban Zhao's Lessons for a Woman have far more similarities than they do differences. The truth is that when considered in the context of their societies, the two texts actually serve to complement each other, and do so quite successfully.

conflict is the major theme of this story because Jing Mei's mother lived an extremely difficult life in China so she pressures Jing-Mei to excel in America where its easier for a girl to be successful. The problem is that Jing Mei's mother says success for her daughter is being exceptional at something. Jing-Meis mother makes her take piano lessons in order to become a protegee. So she can grow up and become famous like her mom's expectations for her. The title of the book refers to Jing Mei's mother's statement that there are two kinds of daughters in the world those who obey and those who rebel and when her mom pushes her too far she rebels. Jing-Mei as an adult, she can see a little bit of both in herself and is now mature enough now to

The Vietnam war was opposed by many people. These negative feelings of the people led to cruel treatment of the returning veterans. They were not treated as heroically as others that had returned from previous wars. They were frowned upon for fighting in South Korea, even though they were drafted into service. This would all change when an 21 year old architectural student from Yale University named Maya Lin created a memorial that would finally bring honor and remembrance to the forgotten soldiers of the Vietnam war.

Almost every parent has or will ask the question, “What is the best way to raise my child?” Children don’t necessarily come with instructions or tips on how to raise them when they are born. That decision is all up to the parent(s) who raises them. Amy Chua, who is a Chinese mother, thoroughly explains the strict parenting for Chinese mothers in her essay, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”. Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld wrote the essay, “Why I Love my Strict Chinese Mother” to express her appreciation of having a strict Chinese mom. In these two essays there are some similarities and differences between the perspective of a Chinese mother and a daughter’s perspective. These two views on parenting allow any reader to gain their own perspective about raising a child.

The case I found more compelling was the case of Huang Xian. His case was shocking, he did not he had his body that bad. He had broken veins, broken bones of his hand and he had wounds on his body. If it had not been for the doctor that orders him a checkup he had not known how bad his health and his body were. I was compassionate about his case and how much he suffers. One of the things that save him during he was a prisoner was writing poems to his wife.

The way art can be activism is to spread messages through art to promote change or awareness. Artist can does this in many ways such as painting or drawing political art to express their opinion. Other artist can do performance art or take photographs to spread awareness or send a message.

Ai Weiwei was born in August 28, 1957, a time period in which the chinese government attacked enemies who did not like the government. His father was sent into exile along with his family away from China due to some of his work being not liked by the government. He was sent to do hard labor. Artists who did not put art that the government did not like were put into a prison. After Mao Zedong died, his policies were abandoned, and Ai Weiwei’s family was brought out of exile. Ai Weiwei then left China and went to New York. He made art that were objects with changes that made it different in New York. He moved back to China later. He stayed in China for his father. In China, he changed furniture and made it like art that was strange. He helped

This book is about a man named Roger Huang. He grew up in Taiwan under the control of his abusive father. In 1970 his family emigrated to San Francisco, as soon as he arrived, Roger left his family life and wanted to live his own life. His goal was to achieve the American Dream. Then he meet Maite, who became his wife and both of them began looking for something greater in life. One day he had an encounter with God while watching a Sunday Service on television. Another incidence was he driving through a poor area and his car broke down. While waiting he began to observe the poverty and crime in the district. Roger saw and felt that he needed to do something. The action took place in 1983 handing out sandwiches to the poor. Later lead to create

Marilyn Chin was born in Hong Kong in 1955 and immigrated to America with her family as a child. She is a poet, an author, and a translator. Additionally, she is professor emerita at San Diego State University and in 2018 she was elected onto the Academy of American Poets’ Board of Chancellors. She actively tries to keep both of her cultures alive. She is inspired by a diverse set of poets, ranging from Tu Fu to Adrienne Rich, to Emily Dickinson. This diversity in her inspiration explains her diversity of themes and how she presents them. She uses traditional forms of Chinese poetry as well as modern American styles consistently throughout her poetry. Chin informs her poetry with as many styles as possible, she has claimed that “poetry should have a free visa to roam” (Parmar, “Double Happiness”). In Marilyn Chin’s poetry, she uses a mixture of Chinese and American poetic styles, as well as themes dealing with assimilation in order to exemplify her struggle with her “double identity.”