Pick any two sets of parents and compare and contrast either their motivations for having their children excel in the National Spelling Bee.
Ted, a young boy from rural Missouri, has parents that have an appreciative empathy for their son. His family lives in a double-wide trailer out in the middle of a farm. Ted's parents are flabbergasted at their son's accomplishments because they come from the lower society of America. The care-free attitude of Ted's parents portrays the relaxing life of children in the lower class. Ted's parents do not push him into studying or make him do specific after school activities to help Ted learn. However, in upper class society Neil's parents drill him to win the national championship spelling bee. Neil's passionate father illustrates the diligent enthusiasm of successful high class workers in America. Neil's father is fixed on his son winning so badly that he hired spelling coaches, goes through words given to past winners, and hires organize prayer circles back in India so that his son could be the champion of the spelling bee. Both Neil's father and Ted's parents want them to excel as much as they can during the competition and they both work on spelling during pre-season spelling bee. Neil's father and Ted's parents demonstrate the different motivational styles for parents having their children excel in not only school, but in extra curricular activities.
Not bad work here . . you haven't read this HP book before, have you? Could you confirm that for me, one way or the other?
ReplyDeleteA little short on the page quota, but your logging and reflections are interesting.