It was the article that filled the Internet with comments, links, and blog posts. Entitled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” this short article in both the print and online versions of the Wall Street Journal certainly caused quite a controversy. Even the article’s title rubbed some people the wrong way, and many even doubted the points in the article.    Written by Amy Chua, a second-generation Chinese-American and law professor at Yale University, the article attempted to explain how Chinese mothers in America are able to raise so many stereotypically successful children. She began by listing all of the things that most American kids do, but that her two daughters were never allowed to do, when growing up: no sleepovers, no play dates, no TV, no computer games, and no grade below an A. In addition, the two had to learn a musical instrument, and it had to be the piano or the violin.    Chua’s parents were of Chinese descent, and they immigrated to the United States from the Philippines. Raised in a strict fashion in the United States, Chua excelled academically and ended up with degrees from Ivy League schools. When Chua became a parent, she was determined that her children, third-generation Chinese, would not be raised like most other American kids. She wanted to raise them, in her words, as a “Chinese mother”—strict, demanding, and unyielding.    Reactions to the article, and Chua’s parenting techniques, have been varied. Some say that some of her actions, including calling one daughter “garbage” and not allowing another to eat dinner or go to the bathroom until a piano piece had been learned, can be regarded as abuse. Others point out that the article was published a few days before the release of Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and was deliberately controversial in order to boost sales.    One thing is certain: the article has certainly raised questions in America—and around the world—about which style of parenting is best. Is a more permissive Western style better? Or is a more demanding Eastern style ideal? Or could it be a combination of the two?
【題組】72. The phrase “rubbed some people the wrong way” in the first paragraph means ________.
(A) to advocate what people should do
(B) to preach about the religious subject
(C) to annoying somebody by saying something
(D) to console people for not being upset