kitchen table math, the sequel: Tiger Mothering on the Daily Show

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Tiger Mothering on the Daily Show

In case you missed it. Enjoy and don't forget your chopsticks.
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7 comments:

Catherine Johnson said...

oh my gosh - watching it now -- hilarious

America threw a sh**fit!

April 29, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

'hit me with chopsticks' ---

my mom used to swat us with the flyswatter

April 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

'dweck. that's not asian.'

April 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

'the remaining 42% make pie charts for white Americans'!!!!

April 29, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

oh my gosh

that was hilarious

April 29, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

they develop their own notes over a few years and then write their own book from those notes after teaching the course for several years.

That's a big difference.

A history professor writes lectures, but he doesn't write a textbook unless he actually **does** write a textbook for a publishing company, in which case he might assign his or her own textbook to the class.

That said, I've misspoken: college professors write 'curriculum' in the sense of creating the structure of the class and choosing what topics will be taught --- ALTHOUGH to a large and important degree the professor doesn't 'choose' the topics; the topics have been chosen by the field.

One other thing: college textbooks are peer-reviewed. From the initial proposal all the way through to the final manuscript, the text is read and reviewed by specialists in the field.

April 29, 2011 at 4:07 PM
Anonymous said...

Catherine, this last comment is in the wrong thread.

April 29, 2011 at 4:26 PM

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