MostpeoplewatchingJeremyLinthesepasttwomonthssawJeremyLin,NewYorkKnicksstar;butI,watchinghim,sawsomeoneelse.Thatwasmyelderbrother,Bob,whoisathleticandenergetic.Hecouldneversitstillwhenhewasinsecondgrade;hehadtogetupeverynowandthenandrunaroundtheroom.Andsureenough,hegrewuptobeastartingplayerforanN.C.A.A.championshiplacrosse（长曲棍球）team.HewasaNike-endorsedmarathoner,too,andreachedthetopofMt.Everest,unguided,inhis50s.
Andyetmyfamilyneverwatchedhislacrossegames.Wedidwatchsomeofhismarathons,butthatwasn’tuntilhewasinhis20s.WhenBobwasinhisglorydays,ourShanghainese-bornparentswerebentongettinghimintomedicalschool.Therewasalovingaspecttoit:Icanremembermyfatherworkingthroughmathbookswithhim,lessonbylesson,atthebigblackboardintheattic.Bobneverdidbecomeadoctor,though;andneitherdidI.Itwasn’tuntilmyyoungersistercamealongthatsomeoneinthefamilyfinallyworeawhitecoat.
Bobtodaycouldbethefittest58-year-oldontheplanet.Hisdoctorestimateshisbiologicalageat35;he’sstillclimbingbigmountainsintheHimalayas.And,likeJeremyLin,he’scharming.NooneseesBobwithoutleavingwithalaugh.Hesometimesjokeshecouldbemayorofhisbuilding,andit’strue.Toknowhimistocheerforhim.
Andyetmyparentsdidnotcheerforhim.Whatifmymotherhadsatonthesidelineswithherstatistics,likeJeremyLin’smother?Whatifmyfatherhadplayedvideosofathletesformybrothertowatchandimitate?It’shardnottowonder.
AndhowdidJeremyLin’sparentsmanagetodotheseremarkablethings?AmyChua,thetigermother,recallsherimmigrantfatherbeatingthekidswhenevertheymispronouncedaChineseword.HowisitthatJeremyLin’simmigrantfatherinparticular,Gie-MingLin,encouragedhissontofollowsuchanuntraditionalpath?
小题1:Bob’sglorydayswerethose________.