Random Thought #1

It is 12:46am and I have no idea why I am awake. In an effort to make myself sleepy I have read the latest updates on FB, played some stupid game where you make words out of 5 random letters, checked out the other blogs I follow and then decided to post one. This should be interesting! Please ignore any misspelled words, lack of capitalization where needed or lack of proper punctuation. And 5 minutes ago i had a really good idea to blog about and now it has left me.
For future reference: any similarities to persons real or fictitious are purely coincidental! you know yada yada...blah blah. that thing they post at the beginning of movies so no one gets upset or sues them. yeah that is what goes here.
So i decided i want to read the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. It's about a Chinese woman living in the states that is a graduate of Yale, married to a Yale graduate, Jewish. They have both written other books. I think he is a lawyer. I can't remember exactly. Anyway, she has decided to raise the kids "the Chinese way". No sleepovers, no play dates, no participating in school plays, they must master the music instrument of her choice: violin and piano. And practice several hours a day. Any grade below and A is unacceptable including an A-. The list goes on but that is all i can remember right now. (and it is bothering the heck out of me that i am not capitalizing the i's but not enough to go back and change them) (random thought #1: for those of you that want to keep count). So i read an excerpt from the book online. In it she refers to pretty much anyone not of Chinese decent a Westerner. And refers to herself as a Chinese mother but not all mothers that are Chinese belong in that same category. yeah that was confusing. Anyway, what I found interesting is that she believes that Westerners have coddled their children too much and raised them to be weak and not living up to their full potential. Or so that is what I have gathered from the excerpt. I really need to read the book. There has been a lot of controversy over the book and I understand why. She belittles her children. Makes them feel less than human. But on the other hand I do understand what she is trying to do. Be it right or wrong. I'm not the one to judge that. After all, I'm not Chinese. But I think what she is trying to do is make them better ppl by pushing them to always do their best and sometimes in order to be your best you have to be pushed by others. And I think she feels that it is her job to do that. (yes, I started cap. the I's: random thought #2). Anyway, I will have to read the book and then let you know what I thought afterward. That is just my first opinion. Don't we all do that? Form an opinion before we get all the facts or read into things that may not be true.
We form opinions of ppl all the time. Co-workers, friends, not-so-friends, family. But do we ever stop and just ask ppl if things are true or do we just go on believing what we are told? Happens all the time. Funny how when we here something we believe it to be the truth when it comes from someone we trust. And why is it always easier to believe the bad stuff? We hear ppl gossiping all the time at work. All work. Yours, mine, your spouses work. But how often do we stop to say "hey, do you really think that is true?" We just go on, and maybe even spread it around ourselves. Funny how when we don't think facts are straight when it comes to other things or want to get information we go to "the source" be it internet or a book. But why do we never go to "the source" when we choose to talk about one another at work or our family? Is it because we are afraid that the gossip is just to good not to keep talking about it? Is it because we just don't care enough to find out the truth? Maybe it is that we just don't want to get involved or hurt someones feelings. Well, today I aspire to BE A BETTER PERSON. Get the facts, man.