Cai Meier, a Chinese professor at Yale Law School, recently said in his new book "Battle Hymn of Tiger Mother" 20 1 1 that China's traditional way of educating children, which is characterized by coercive pressure, is far superior to the western way of education. In order to make children obey their parents' wishes and make their studies perfect through long-term training, we can use mental intimidation, stop eating, language humiliation and other means. This statement has caused great controversy in American society, and major media such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have made special reports in succession. A large number of readers participated in the discussion, and the topics discussed included not only the methods of educating children, but also the topic of competition between China and the United States.

As a descendant of Chinese, Chua Meier was born in Illinois, USA. Because she was born in the Year of the Tiger in China, she calls herself "Tiger Mother" in the book. She attaches great importance to her status as a descendant of immigrants from China. In the book, she also focuses on comparing the traditional ways of educating children between China and the West. On October 8th, 65438/kloc-0, The Wall Street Journal published a chapter in Chua Meier's new book "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior", in which she introduced in detail the method of cultivating so-called "successful children" that China people agree with, namely "mathematical elite and musical genius", which aroused great public concern in the United States and became one of the focus topics of public concern in recent days.

According to media reports, in this book, based on this idea of how to cultivate children into "mathematical elites and musical geniuses", Chua Mei-er summed up some basic methods of educating her two daughters, as follows: (1) Don't spend the night outside; Don't invite playmates to your home; Not allowed to participate in school performances; Don't complain about not letting parents participate in school activities; Don't watch TV or play computer games; Don't choose extracurricular activities without permission; The score in a single subject shall not be lower than A; In addition to physical education and drama, every subject should be the first in the class; Only learning to play the piano and violin is allowed. Under the long-term cultivation of this compulsory education model, Chua Meier is very proud of her two daughters: the younger daughter is a talented violinist, and the older daughter has successfully played the piano in Carnegie Hall.

In Chua Meier's view, the secret of success is to practice repeatedly and master skills skillfully, which will make people confident. However, people are naturally lazy, and only by strict education under the supervision of their parents can we cultivate excellent next generation. Therefore, she said in the book that children under the western education model will eventually practice the violin for half an hour every day, but as a Chinese mother, her children will practice for at least three hours every day. As for whether children will feel happy in the process of learning, she thinks it is not important. According to her point of view, the feeling of happiness comes from superb skills, not freedom and indulgence. To achieve the perfection of skills, parents must be strict and children must be able to "bear hardships". "Suffering hardships" is exactly what the modern western education model lacks, which is also the reason why China's traditional education model is superior to the western model. She even thinks that the common scene of a group of children rushing to the sea in Disney movies is meaningless, and it is more educational for children than winning the prize in the competition.

However, to the surprise of many readers in China, Chua Meier's seemingly successful educational methods were booed in American society. According to public media reports, her way of thinking and educational methods are generally not accepted by the American public. She once threatened her daughter that all the toys would be donated to charity if she couldn't finish some exercises of assigned music scores on time. At any time, if her daughter doesn't behave well, she will not hesitate to use words like "you are rubbish" to teach her children a lesson. If you see children greedy, she will call them "you are fat enough" rudely. One of the most unacceptable examples for Americans is that Chua Mei-er once directly refused a birthday present from her daughter at a birthday dinner, because in her view, it was not "perfect" handmade. In the eyes of many Americans, all this is not a question of the level of educational methods, but basically "child abuse." Chua Meier claimed that she received a large number of letters, which severely condemned her education methods and even threatened her life. Some well-known media simply call it "crazy".