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I’m on Twitter! (Sorta)

By | March 9th, 2011|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , |

I've actively avoided Twitter for years now because of my day job.  One off-color, off-the-cuff tweet and my students would have a field day.  But, seeing as how we're in the Age of Social Networking and all, I figured I'd have to get on sooner or later. So now I'm on!  Sorta...  A friend is helping [...]

Tiger Mom, Internet Phenomenon

By | January 18th, 2011|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: |

Man, this Chinese Tiger Mother thing has really taken off.  Here are a bunch of Tiger Mom links (by no means exhaustive): Original Wall Street Journal Essay Interview with author Belle Yang (no relation) about being the daughter of a Tiger Mom My comic strip about Chinese Tiger Parenting Angry Asian Man's take on the Tiger [...]

Chinese Mothers!

By | January 13th, 2011|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: |

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal asked me to do a cartoon response to Amy Chua's "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" article.  WSJ put up my cartoon this morning here! In case you're wondering, I, too, am exaggerating to sell books.  :)