Lenora Chu

“and the more you know about a subject, the more sophisticated your thoughts become,”
― Lenora Chu, Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve

“Self-esteem” doesn’t exist in the Chinese lexicon, at least not in the way Americans use it. In China, a child’s regard for herself is rarely as important as a stark evaluation of performance. Almost as if childhood were an Olympic sport, the Chinese rank children on everything from work ethic to Chinese character recognition and musical skill.”
― Lenora Chu, Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve