对于另一些读者来说，是蔡美儿在大女儿蔡思慧不听话的时候骂她“废物”，这词儿蔡美儿小时候严厉的父亲也这么骂她。
For other readers, it was Chua calling her older daughter Sophia "garbage" after the girl behaved disrespectfully — the same thing Chua had been called as a child by her strict Chinese father.
思慧有一次在学校的乘法速算测验中拿了第二，蔡美儿一个星期让她每晚做20道题，拿秒表计时。
When Sophia came in second on a multiplication speed test at school, Chua made her do 20 practice tests every night for a week, clocking her with a stopwatch.
思慧有一次在学校的乘法速算测验中拿了第二，蔡美儿一个星期让她每晚做20道题，拿秒表计时。
When Sophia came in second on a multiplication speed test at school, Chua made her do 20 practice tests every night for a week, clocking her with a stopwatch.
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