What’s wrong with bribing your 3-year-old with a gold star? Or, if you’re in China, it’s a red star.
Chinese American journalist Lenora Chu was a new mother when she first moved to Shanghai with her husband, she quickly discovered the authoritarian style of Chinese schooling clashed with her American upbringing in Texas. How? What did she do?
Well, she wrote a book called “Little Soldiers” describing how children are educated and what the education system is designed to accomplish.
Check out my interview with Lenora Chu in this episode - “This Chinese American Life- What’s an education for?”
Music used:
One in a Billion Theme Song by Brad McCarthy
Interplanetary Forest by Meydn
The Place I Called Home by Julie Maxwell
You're Right But I'm Me by Doctor Turtle
Meeting the Demon by MMFFF
Little Idea by Scott Holmes
Stage 1 Level 24 by Monplaisir
Estampe Galactus Barbere Epaul Giraffe Ennui by Monplaisir
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Have you ever been tempted to trace your roots?
What might pique your curiosity if your mother refused to talk about her parents?
For Scott Tong, he decided to find his home village precisely because no one seemed to remember his grandparents. What happened to them?
Why did they stay in China when his mother fled to America?
Check out my conversation with American Public Media’s “Marketplace” correspondent - Scott Tong - in this episode “This Chinese American Life: Tracing My Roots”
Music used:
One in a Billion Theme Song by Brad McCarthy
Upbeat Party by Scott Holmes
Storybook by Scott Holmes
Banish by Slinte
Trophy Endorphins by Andy G. Cohen
Vienna Beat by Blue Dot Sessions
Recall by Blue Dot Sessions
Love Wins by Lee Rosevere
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