Memory is something intangible. It doesn't take up space in this world. It has no state, is colorless, and has no taste. We can't use our five senses to detect it, but we can use our mind to remember it. Moreover, Memory is not limited by gender, age, background, or culture. Everyone have the right to own a memory. In Anne Tyler's story "Teenage Wasteland", a mother named Daisy Coble hires a tutor, Cal Beadle, for her son, Donny -- the protagonist, because his mark is slipping and he is acting out in school. Although Daisy tries to be positive with Donny, his behavior continues to deteriorate, and eventually he is expelled from school. Daisy no longer trusts Cal. She enrolls Donny in a public school and stops the tutoring sessions. One day Donny runs away from home, and he does not return. Through the story, Anne Tyler conveys that some memories stay in our mind forever and affect how we think.
             Daisy's memory affects her attitude in daily life. When she was young, she has a "miserable adolescence"(P.87) and she swears "no child of hers would ever be that unhappy"(P.87). This makes her doesn't have the confidence to make her children to be happy. When she is having the conference with to talk about Donny's school performance with the principal, she can't believe she has such a naught child because before she got a baby, she was a teacher who taught grade four student. She thinks she can teach her children well. So she feels "shamed" to sitting before the principal as a "delinquent"(P.87) parent. Overall, her memory makes her over control her children. For example, she doesn't let Donny "watch TV on school"(P.87) and "talk on the phone till he's finished his homework"(P.87). Also, any time when Donny has a party at his friend's house, she must have a call to there first to make sure that "adult would be supervis...