[miss marmelstein]

Tiger Moms: when you enter a bookstore, try not to scream at your kids, the booksellers and people in your way. This is not China and your big mouths and undecipherable accents are unappreciated.

There's more to civilization and success than hitting the books.

[Labyrinthos]

Tiger Moms: when you enter a bookstore, try not to scream at your kids, the booksellers and people in your way. This is not China and your big mouths and undecipherable accents are unappreciated.

Voice inflection and emphasis is part of the linguistic structure of the Chinese dialects and other Asian languages. What sounds like anger and rudeness to the western ear is SOP in the Chinese community where the same sound has a different meaning depending upon how it is pronounced.

[cloudmountain]

Tiger Moms: when you enter a bookstore, try not to scream at your kids, the booksellers and people in your way. This is not China and your big mouths and undecipherable accents are unappreciated. There's more to civilization and success than hitting the books.

Well, I guess you have encountered the Chinese mother. Isn't she SWEET??