this is so sad. chinese parents (or in that case, other east asian parents as well like those in korea and japan) can be really hard on their children when it comes to their education because they want them to succeed so much. there's just so much pressure for them to go to the right schools and such.

i remember seeing a mother and son of chinese ancestry in singapore in a subway train. she was checking her son's notebook during the ride and it seems that the boy either didn't finish his homework/exam or had answered many of them incorrectly. she kept hitting her child while shouting at him the whole time in full view of all the other passengers, most of whom were teenage students. the boy was crying terribly and he kept trying in vain to write something on his notebook. that sight was just so heartbreaking and traumatic for the kid. the boy was just around 6-7 years old i think.