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Child raising Engelsk 1 1) The first texts is about a very strict Chinese mother of her 18-year-old girl. The essay is written by the mother’s 18-year old daughter because her mother published an essay called â€Å"Battel Hymn of the Tiger Mother†. This essay got many negative responses from the readers and the daughter explains her childhood for the readers of â€Å"The Wall Street Journal†. In the essay Sofia, the daughter of the Tiger Mother, tells about how her strict mother handled her as a child and â€Å"how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids†. This Chinese mother raised Sophia this way; if Sophia didn’t do her best her mother would say it to her. As an example, Sophia writes in the text that once she gave her†¦show more content†¦He prove a point by saying that school, parents and society wants to create these perfect wonder-kids, but not every child fit insides this box of school and perfection. He think that children should be allowed to play, have fun and create the person they want to be. 2) In the third texts, Neill tells the readers how the importins of learning isn’t for everyone. He is given the reader an example on this when he tells about a ballet boy. This boy is very talented, but in school, not so much. Neill explains in the texts that he think learning should come after playing, he make the reader understand that you don’t haft to be smart to prove a point or make your dreams come true in this world. Neill uses a lot of â€Å"we† he talks with the readers, not to the readers. He appeals to logos which you can see when he talks about the ballet boy. 3) I would say I agree with A.S. Neill. I think that children should be allowed to have fun, of course, kids should have some responsibility but you are only a kid once and that time never comes back. Many children these days are buried to their neck in homework, chores and parents blowing in the back of their heads with expectations and rules. I have always been one of the outdoor kids. Always hated school and the teacher who made me sit still. The only thing I looked forward to in school was the breaks, which always seemed to short. So many kids walk to school every day, feeling their life are passing by and they can’t