Tiger Mom (虎妈猫爸)

Episode 27

Did you know that when Qian Qian turned one

she grabbed a pen among all the items that symbolizes her future vocation.

You must have had a good influence on her in daily life?

I didn't at all.

You're here.

Du Feng.

Do you get Du Yi Nuo to keep a diary as well?

No, what for?

If he doesn't, what is he going to do when he has to write essays?

I didn't ask Qian Qian to keep a diary.

But then, she did it voluntarily and kept on writing entries.

I took a look and she writes really well.

I've thought about it. If Qian Qian is gifted in writing

I'll focus on training her on it.

I think that it's more important to have a skill than good grades.

Listen, good grades offer children the choice in choosing an interest.

Only if you score well in university entrance exams

do you get the chance to major in what you're interested in.

Otherwise, you can only dream about the schools and major that you like.

You only get to cry over them, right?

- You're right. - There are some young writers

who are doing pretty well. They are directors now.

The first young writer is a genius

and all the others are idiots.

That's why I won't allow Du Yi Nuo to act foolishly.

I have to talk to you about something.

Have you met up with Tang Lin?

Can you not bring her up?

She's pretty, right?

You're such a gossip?

Not only is she pretty

but she also gets a lot of students at her school.

That really makes her both rich and pretty.

What has that got to do with me?

Why do you have to keep hooking us up?

Are you keen to see the wolf fight with the fox?

That's a good metaphor.

I'd quite like to see you fight with that fox.

I knew that you had bad intentions.

- Qian Qian's mom. - Yes.

Qian Qian did especially well in her latest diary entry.

She really did inherit the traits from a family of educational background.

You have such a way with educating children.

A family of educational background?

No, I mean that she writes so well. She can be a writer in the future.

I only corrected for her once or twice.

She then figured it out on her own.

Ms. Zhao, I have a question.

Du Yi Nuo didn't do well in math yesterday.

What is that about?

Yesterday?

No, Yi Nuo had the top score.

He only got two of the optional questions right.

Yi Nuo's Dad, the math test was particularly difficult yesterday.

Yi Nuo was the only one who had the perfect score in our class.

All the optional questions are of a third grader's level.

I'm already surprised that Yi Nuo got two right.

What's more, he came first in class.

Ms. Zhao, how can you have optional questions on a third grader's level?

That is too difficult.

That's all right.

Ms. Zhao, explain to him about the ones that he didn't get right.

I believe that he won't make the same mistakes again.

Ms. Zhao, I have to ask you

about that math test yesterday. Qian Qian didn't tell me about that.

- We did. - How much did she score?

She scored 92.

Only 92?

That's not bad.

It's pretty good.

How could everyone get a hundred?

Not everyone is like Du Yi Nuo, right?

Du Yi Nuo didn't score a hundred either.

Du Yi Nuo scored more than a hundred.

He got two optional questions, right?

Yes.

All right, let's start the meeting?

Yes, all right. Dear parents...

let's start our meeting now.

Please return to your seats.

How is it? She writes quite well?

It's exceeded my expectations.

I'm quite surprised as well.

She is fluent in her writing and clear in logic.

Those who read it said that she can be a child prodigy in writing.

What do you think?

That's great.

A lot of parents in the States emphasize on nurturing children's interests.

That's why American kids often become too focused on one subject

but many also made it to the top of their specialized field.

Actually, nurturing a child's ability in writing and expressing opinions

not only gives her the chance to become an author

but also benefits her in going to university.

Right?

Do you remember that we used to have a composition contest?

Children who won the first prize get to be admitted to

Beijing or Qinghua University.

This policy seems to be canceled now.

Although it's canceled

but a lot of high schools still recruit students independently.

They have all sorts of bonus points added

for students who have published books or essays.

It's quite normal for them to lower the threshold for them

by 50 or a 100 points.

They might even make exceptions.

Tang Lin, you've been in the States for so many years

but you still know the exam system here so well?

I'm in education.

Not to mention the States

I have to know about all educational systems worldwide.

Qian Qian, you heard Auntie Tang?

In the future, you can publish books and become a writer.

Let's get you into Beijing or Qinghua University, okay?

Would you like to be a writer?

Yes.

Don't worry, I'll help you realize your dream.

Give me five.

Hubby, what do you think about training Qian Qian in writing?

How do you plan to do that?

She can write five hundred words a day.

Then she can increase it gradually.

I think that after writing for one or two years

She can publish a book.

You think that it's so easy to be a writer?

I looked it up online.

A famous young writer was forced

to train in writing since he was a child.

Then he kept on submitting his articles to the magazines.

Then one day, they succeeded.

I think that Qian Qian can follow the same path.

Could you stop acting on hearsay?

You need inspiration to write.

Words are a pile of trash without any inspiration.

Qian Qian is gifted!

Qian Qian!

- Yes! - Come here.

Tell your dad out loud that you are gifted.

Daddy, I'm gifted!

- Here, have a grape. - Thank you, Mommy.

Okay, let's go and write.

Du Yi Nuo, why didn't you go out to play?

I didn't get three optional questions right in the test we had yesterday.

My dad punished me and made me do them a hundred times.

A hundred times is a lot!

Why didn't you go out to play?

I'm writing my real diary.

You have real and fake diaries?

I write in the real diary

and my dad writes the fake one for me.

Can you get someone to write your diary?

That's a secret between me and my dad.

Don't tell anyone.

Would you like to read my real diary?

You can't show your diary to anyone.

Have a look!

My dad also said that I can't show my diary to anyone.

But my real diary is really interesting

and I even draw in it.

I'd like to show it to someone.

I don't want to read it. I also keep a diary

but I'm not interested in other people's diaries.

You keep one as well? Why don't we exchange diaries?

You can read mine and I'll read yours.

You can't show your diary to anyone.

You're such a bore.

What do you usually write in your diary?

I write... I won't tell you!

We... could exchange diaries.

Really?

But you have to promise not to tell anyone about what I wrote.

I promise.

Pinky swear.

Pinky swear and don't break the promise for a 100 years.

Here you go.

Here you go.

Why have you asked me out?

Can't I ask you out without a reason?

Listen to yourself.

Qian Qian didn't write those entries in her diary, right?

Who else wrote it but Qian Qian?

Don't lie to me.

I won't tell Sheng Nan.

Although those entries were written to seem as if a child wrote them

the words used are still too profound and mature.

There's not a trace of a child's curiosity and imagination.

Simply put, only an adult could have written such bogus content.

You sure are an expert in education.

What's more, when I was reading those entries

a voice seemed to be talking to me.

- It was your voice. - My voice?

I can tell right away by the tone that you wrote them.

Why did you put on an act since you already know the truth?

I think that Bi Sheng Nan was too keen on Qian Qian's grades.

If the gift in writing can take her mind off that for a bit

it will do both you and Qian Qian some good.

That's what you had in mind?

Thank you, Tang Lin.

None of the reasons that I just gave you made me realize

that Qian Qian didn't write that diary.