![]() ![]() Perhaps that’s why I’m not outraged by what is perhaps the first book of 2011 to unleash a firestorm of condemnation. How many families have graduated all four kids as valedictorian of their (albeit small) graduating class? Followed, four years later, with four more summa cum laude college grads? Even though they were never actually spoken, we clearly understood those tacit expectations. Though mild-mannered and gentle in their child-rearing, my parents had high expectations of their children. Raised in the US by Indian parents, I wasn’t allowed to attend sleepovers, school dances, or the prom I almost always aced my exams and brought home A’s at the end of the year, the result of hours of diligent study, often with my father by my side, patiently tutoring me. ![]()
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