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You know it’s so funny, I’m famous for being the super-strict mom and I--I think
I am definitely really strict – although nothing compared to the way they are in China.
But as a professor at Yale, I’m embarrassed to say that I’m kind of well known for being
nurturing and supportive. I’m the one that gives--I give all the extensions; where I
am trying to combine the best of East and West is this principle about--it may seem
like you’re being tough on your students, but in a way it’s just about believing in
them. I don’t let my students give up. You know so they will turn in a brief that’s
really messed up or short or something and I will often invite them into my office and
say you know what. This is fine but you could do 50-times better. And you know take it back;
you know sit down for one hour and just work on the first paragraph and see what you can
do because you’re going to feel so much better. I could just let this go--and it really
works. I mean I really think people—individuals—feel better about themselves.
You know people know when they’ve turned in a shoddy product and it doesn’t make
them feel good actually. I think--I think we all feel better when we know that we’ve
tried our best at something. You know you don’t have to be like number one or a great
success but I think there’s a sense of pride and joy and fulfillment that comes with kind
of hanging in there and taking yourself to the next level and you know knowing that you’ve
done somethingt could be anything extremely well.
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