Originally posted by Sarab

That's such a tragic situation. The father didn't mean to and it's just an extremely unfortunate event.

What I can see is that people here don't just get how such a culture arises. Places like China, Japan and India are so education intensive because in these places a good education is the deciding factor in quality of life. The disparity between the people who are at the top of the chain and those who aren't is one between a comfortable life and a life of struggle and abject poverty. Your rankings determine the quality of your higher education and that determines the quality of employment.

You have families who have had to struggle to get by and whose hope for their children is that they don't have to live the same life. The only way to elevate yourself is through education. And with a billion strong population, with countless others in the same situation, competition is crazily intense. That's where the intense pressure develops. Parents want the best for the future of their children and the family, while the children feel the burden of being their hope for the future.