Those shift points are not about being scolded, guilted or berated into thinking differently about how the world operates.

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Like many Chinese students in the U.S., Ms. Lu disliked writing essays and got flustered after being scolded by a professor for reasons she didn't understand.

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More often they are being scolded as complacent.

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