<p>She seems thoughtful and very much her own person, and not the programmed robot some people assumed.</p>
<p><a href=“The Harvard Crimson”>http://www.thecrimson.com/topic/fifteen-most-interesting/sophia-chua-rubenfeld/</a></p>
<p>Holy crap. She majored in Sanskrit while doing ROTC? I knew people like this, but I could not keep up with them.</p>
<p>Super interesting. I wonder what her parents thought about her choice. She sounds like a very interesting and accomplished young woman. I wonder how much her regimented childhood influenced her choice to sign on to the disciplined and orderly world of the military. </p>
<p>Philosophy and Sanskrit? Man, she will have a hard time in 1L contracts and property! 
Just kidding. What a great young lady! </p>
<p>Good for her!</p>
<p>I never thought she was a robot.
I have a relative who became a missionary to get away from her mother.</p>
<p>As a product of Tiger parenting she is not majoring in STEM???
So much for all the predictions of anti-tiger parenting stereotypes !</p>
<p>She does seem cool! Maybe someone else can tell what her tattoo is. I see “martini glass” but it’s probably something with deeper meaning. :)</p>
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However, she will be studying law.</p>
<p>Easy to be her…always the fat checkbook to fall back on. For those who will bash me for saying that…really, you think she is going to live on a military salary? Call me a cynic, but I see more than the military here.</p>
<p>Her parents are both law professors…they are comfortably upper middle class, but there’s no reason to think this is some kind of trust fund situation. I can’t imagine anyone looking at an ROTC or JAG lifestyle and thinking it’s easy compared to virtually any other option open to a Harvard student. Frankly, the JAG attorneys I’ve known didn’t have time or opportunity to spend extra money if they had had it.</p>
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<p>Is it necessarily a given that a tiger cub will have expensive spending habits?</p>
<p>Also, the military provides its servicemembers with benefits like housing and medical care, so the pay need not be spent on such things.</p>
<p>The young lady is an incredibly interesting character. </p>
<p>I agree. Check out her blog - she’s exceptionally articulate and insightful. </p>
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<p>IMO the main objection to the tiger parenting is that as described and practiced by Chua it was actually borderline abusive. The kid not going into STEM doesn’t change that. </p>
<p>IIRC, other parents who consider themselves to be “tiger parents” posted here that her methods were extreme by any measure.</p>
<p>Yup, Sally. Looks like a martini glass to me.</p>
<p>I"d be thrilled if my kids had her motivation.</p>
<p>This one example seems to support that a tiger parenting is better than laisse-faire parenting?</p>
<p>“Frankly, the JAG attorneys I’ve known didn’t have time or opportunity to spend extra money if they had had it.”</p>
<p>My friend’s son is a JAG attorney (father is a neurologist - no shortage of money.) It is what the son wanted to do. He just got assigned for the second time to Afghanistan. </p>
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<p>Only if you credit/discredit every child’s success based on their experience growing up. </p>