作者:twalker 留言时间:2011-01-16 10:13:36
实际上,每个人都不可能完全掌控自己的人生!人生的道路有着许许多多主观与客观、偶然和必然的因素。作为父母,当然是希望能够为儿女提供良好的环境,引导他们走上为社会作贡献,为自己谋幸福的道路。
我们所选择的教育方式都会受到自身的背景、经验的影响。Amy的方式也不例外,与她的家庭背景,人生经历有关。Amy从菲律宾华人移民家庭出身,以她的聪明才智,努力奋斗,成为耶鲁的教授,著名作家。不但如此,他的夫婿是犹太人,她自然也会领悟到犹太人育儿经。对她的选择,我们不一定同意,但应该有一份尊重。
网上对Amy的教育方式的评论,许多是在没有读Amy的原文,没有了解Amy的个人背景下的写的。不少评论众口一词,口诛笔伐。个人以为实不可取。
昭君 留言时间:2011-01-16 14:59:05
非常赞同 twalker 的观点。这篇文章不过是一本自传中的一个章节,如果把它抽离这个context 进行“声讨”, 那就真的是 miss the point 。好像美国人对Amy 的“批判”比我们自己的要温和得多呢! 刚看到一位美国人的评论到位, share it with you and your readers:
“How do you define success for your kids? This is what the Tiger Mom debate boils down to. What do we want for our children, and what does their success (or lack thereof) mean for our own identities? No matter how you feel about Amy Chua, author of "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" and ground zero for the current battle over the best way to parent, you have to give her credit for being willing to ask these hard questions, and you have to really examine her answers.
”Chua readily acknowledges how she defines success in her children: accomplishment. She says that Chinese mothers assume that their children are strong rather than fragile, as Western moms assume, and that they know that there's ‘nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.’ This mantra inspires a cycle by which the mother pushes the child by any means necessary to succeed (these means are the most controversial points of Chua's book), and then that success makes the child work harder and become even more accomplished“.
每个人对“成功”和“幸福”的定义不同。Amy 不过是根据自己的价值观,对她的孩子进行她认为是正确的教育。我们可以不认同这种极端的教育方式,也可以不认同这种“功利”的价值观,但如果仅仅从这篇文章的内容就得出结论说,Amy 是一个没有爱心的母亲; 甚至因为在这篇文章中没有提到她对孩子进行其他方面的价值教育(比如帮助他人,比如关心弱者),就得出结论说 Amy 关心的仅仅是狭义的, 功利的成功,我觉得是很偏颇的-- 如果我们看看她的一些著作,比如 “World On Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability” ,就会发现,她不仅是一个在自己的领域学有所成的学者,还是一个对世界,尤其是对在全球化过程中成为“牺牲品”的欠发达国家和他们的公民有深刻的关怀和责任感,并极力从学术的角度出谋划策的学者。相信她在“逼迫”自己的孩子走上她心目中的成功道路的同时,也会给予她们这样的价值观的:).
Monday, January 17, 2011
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