Desai showed emphasis on the pressure that students from India face and how expectations rise every year. Desai's story may have been a replica of her very own young life because she focused on one's own belief in education and the freedom to choose for one's own future career. ... "(Desai 1417) This shows how a normal conversation between a parent and a child in India is mostly about their education and their expectations for their child. ... This shows how Chinese parents are very similar to Indian parents in terms of expectations from their child's academics. ... ...

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HOME SCHOOL CONNECTIONS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY For several decades now educators have recognised with great significance the integral role that parents play in their child's foundational language learning (Cairney & Munsie, 1992, p.1). ... Focussing mainly on story reading, Heath was able to collect evidence of considerable differences in community styles of literacy socialisation. ... For example, the children whose home literacy experiences were similar to school literacy experiences, performed well at school because school valorised and rewarded the types of literacy that they h...

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Stories such as this one are far too common and should not happen. ... Schools should be held accountable to "and raise expectations and standards for "all students, and the resultant improvement would benefit everyone. ... These initiatives are aimed at improvement through high standards, great expectations, and accountability, yet real improvement has not been borne out in the literature. ...

• Word Count: 1946
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