A lifetime of coaching
01:05:42 – Topics for this episode: The tiger mother, extracurricular activities and missed opportunities, being a disappointment, after school activities and non-activities, KUMON coaching college, Chinese tutors and how they mark, North Shore Coaching College, the OC class (Opportunity Class class?), the selective schools’ test and scholarship test for private schools, the SWOT Shop and almost being kicked out, report cards and being terrified, attitudes to receiving results, North Shore coaching for the HSC (Higher School Certificate), Asian family attitudes to sons, learning from the elder’s child’s experience, The Joy Luck club, home schooling and taking your own path.
Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Attribution: Clara Tse.
Released September 2015 on The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts, and Nai Wong Bao Network, an independent network focusing on Asia Pacific matters.
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