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There was a spate of this a few years ago in Japan IIRC, for the same reason you posit.

I expect a lot of my son, but I'm certainly not going to ride him so hard he feels the need to take his own life if he can't pass some classes.

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"I expect a lot of my son, but I'm certainly not going to ride him so hard he feels the need to take his own life if he can't pass some classes."

Of course. I agree. But I think the case we're discussing is a fairly extreme example of the culture of hard work Asians expect from their kids. Overall, I'd say we could do with a bit more of that culture over here.