Amy Chua, a mother of two and law professor at Yale, published a best-selling book called Battle Hymm of the Tiger Mother. The book talks about the parenting style of what she calls a "typical Chinese mother". She explains what American parents, or "western parents" lack when it comes to proper parenting. Chua's parenting techniques include a long list of activities and obligations her children had to follow. This list includes many rules, such as not being able to choose their own extracurricular activities, attend sleepovers or play dates, and receiving any grade less than an A. She explains...

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... taking an interest in mathematics is the content and nature of mathematics itself. Mathematics problems in textbooks are usually based on gender-specific topics such as weight of blocks, distance of trains or themes such as football, the wording of which gives the impression of being sex ... However, men mostly hold principal posts. As Barber states, teaching is seen as a "caring profession", seen to be a reasonable job for a woman and a poor one for a man. Barber maintains that this stems from an over-representation in humanistic studies, directed towards service such as nursing and teac...

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