Chua’s younger daughter “rebelled” at the age of thirteen, choosing competitive tennis over concert-level violin, but, for the most part, Chua’s system worked. Her daughters became musical prodigies and successful athletes, who attended Harvard and Yale.
This quote jumped out at me. It’s so emblematic of that whole fucking world. Success is boiled down to a couple accomplishments that say nothing about what kind of people her kids turned out to be or whether they are decent people. It strikes me as completely soulless and sociopathic. Later we get a glimpse of what type of people her kids turned out to be, shocking, it sounds a little like Trump:
Chua was outraged that the student newspaper had divulged a private disciplinary matter. She told me that her Gen Z daughter Lulu, the former violin prodigy, encouraged her to come out swinging. “She’s, like, ‘You have to fight the narrative,’ so I just did something shocking,” Chua said.
Turns out the person using Alexa back in the states was my sister who is visiting the house while my mother is elsewhere. Not sure if she picked up on me fucking with the songs last night though.
Lolololol so it is like every other day then Elon? That guy is such a fraud, it pisses me off so much all these absolute morons keep winning by being belligerently narcissistic shitbags
I don’t even think you need to get that exotic. I was reading about it yesterday and apparently a black widow spider bite can cause it too. I forget the source and I can’t be arsed up to go back and look for it.
People deal with shit in different ways. I think the only time I cried in the last like 20 years is when my ex left me and was moving her shit out, and even then it was only watery eyes. Not like a legit cry.
I will probably bawl like a baby when my dog dies though.
