BOY
Get up now or you'll be late for school; always take your breakfast, eat your bread and do not throw them away in school! Why are your shoes always dirty? Did you just play football with your friends again? Are you done with your homeworks? Do it now! Turn off the TV, the CD player too; have your lunch here on the table, not on that couch; help your brothers with their schoolworks; did you drink the pop I put in the fridge today? Who took it? How much you scored for your spelling test today? 4 out of 10?! Did you tell your dad about this? I bet he doesn't even care; arrange your school bags under the shelf or I will throw them out of the house; what time is it now? Get ready for your tuition classes; what have you learned today? Go take your shower now; Are you doing a concert in the shower again? Finish up your homework, this is my last warning; I said turn the TV off!! Done, everything? Go to bed now; oh, before that, kiss your daddy goodnight; I love you too, son.(Inspired by Jamaica Kincaid, from "At The Bottom Of The River")
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起床! 你要迟到了，把你的早餐给吃了，吃你的面包，不要把他们扔在学校里！为什么你的鞋子总是脏的？你刚才又和你的朋友玩足球啦？你的作业呢？现在就做！关掉电视，CD播放机也关掉; 在这里桌上吃午饭，而不是在沙发上，帮助你的弟弟他们作业，你喝了我今天放在冰箱的汽水？是谁拿的？您的拼写测试成绩呢？在10 分 才拿了4分？！你告诉你爸爸了吗？我敢打赌，他甚至不会理会; 把你的书包放在架子下，否则我将抛出房子，现在是什么时候呢？为你的补习班准备好了吗; 你今天学会了什么呢？现在去洗澡，你又在淋浴时开一次音乐会？完成你的家庭作业，这是我最后一次警告，我说关掉电视！！一切作完了吗？现在去睡觉; 哦，在此之前，吻你爸爸晚安，我也爱你，儿子。
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While I was writing this as class activity in my Human Relations and Multicultural Education class, I recollected some scoldings or nagging that I would hear at home everyday.
How much a mother or parent can influence a child?
Beyond measure.
