Each Thursday beginning today, Patch will feature a gallery of local photographs. Today we offer yearbook photos of a suddenly famous alum of Portola Middle School and El Cerrito High, Amy Chua, author of the hotly debated book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. The New York Times calls her book "a diabolically well-packaged, highly readable screed ostensibly about the art of obsessive parenting."
Viewfinder: Teen Years in El Cerrito — "Tiger Mother" Author Amy Chua
A photo gallery of Amy Chua, author of "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," from her days at Portola Middle School and El Cerrito High.
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Frank - Fabulous Fun Facilitator May 23, 2013 at 08:14 am
JUST ADDED - Magical Nathaniel will also be preforming this Friday night. Come have fun, play games…Read More and support our El Cerrito Relay For Life and Playland PALS.
gretchen davidson May 21, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Yes I would love to take one off of your hands. Please email me at gretchen_davidson@yahoo.com to…Read More discuss off board.
Elaine Binger May 20, 2013 at 07:30 am
Gretchen, I have several different sizes of rakes. If you want to come see them, let me know through…Read More Patch. Elaine
gretchen davidson May 16, 2013 at 02:50 pm
Was that what i heard in the middle of the night on Wednesday? I thought i was dreaming. It sounded…Read More like some sort of loudspeaker.
Robin M. Blind May 15, 2013 at 09:16 pm
Gee...are you SURE that alarm IS coming from Portola Middle School? Um...I suppose that you ARE…Read More sure! Yes...it IS turbo-annoying but I had assumed that it was some stupid car alarm.
Bonnie MacKenzie May 11, 2013 at 11:55 am
Can you please be more specific about the nature of the problem for those of us who do not live in…Read More the neighborhood?
John Stashik April 25, 2013 at 09:03 pm
Thanks for the press release, err... story. Now how about El Cerrito news? The Patch staff is lazy.
Rita Wilson April 7, 2013 at 09:51 pm
A neighbor of mine on Colusa tried to give him food when he was on Colusa, but he refused, so I…Read More never tried. Dorothy, is that the shelter near the Berkeley Historical Society/Veteran's Building? Perhaps he would need a ride to it. Perhaps he's concerned about leaving his things there if he can't be there during the day. I'm afraid I don't know enough about it.
Dorothy Coakley March 27, 2013 at 04:36 pm
I did mention that I'm donating 10% of my royalties for "Midnight" to the EC's Open Space…Read More fund, didn't I?
I'm a Down-home Ten Percenter.
Dorothy Coakley March 27, 2013 at 04:31 pm
Lucy, I like the idea in principal, but in reality I think it would just give ECPD more work to do.…Read More "People hanging out" doesn't necessarily translate to a friendly,fun-filled, folksy kind of environment. It *can* mean quite the reverse.
"Midnight On the Ohlone" sounds like a new recording. Something like "I left my little babeeeeee, down by the tracks....and now I want her back....she's a needle in the haaaaaaay staaaaack...'
Arhoolie awaits.
Lucy March 27, 2013 at 12:58 pm
What a great idea for pocket parks!!! I am all for them. Instead of spening a big amount on one…Read More (which we don't have space anyway), I would like to see many mini parks of $20,000 along the Bart tracks. With more visibility and people hanging out, it would make Bart paths safer too, especially the one around fairmont park. Really mini pocket parks just needs some play structures, benches and tables there.