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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Indian and didn't have this experience at all - I don't think it's just the pressure. My parents never told me to do my homework, if I got a bad grade they just wanted to know whether I truly put my full effort in, and then helped me improve my grades by studying with me and helping the best I could.  My house was the house where all my friends could gather and feel welcome, it was practically a youth hostel on college breaks with so many people staying over! Yet by Indian standards we're very successful - my brothers and I all went to top ten undergrad/graduate schools, one doctor and two lawyers.  Much harsher relatives often point to us as the success stories and compared their kids to us.  I won't be drilling my kids or make learning a chore.

I remember asking my dad whether he would be okay if I pursued urban planning. he was stunned that I even asked, and told me that as long as I pushed myself and applied myself in whatever I did, he'd be proud of me. When my cousin was accepted into a music conservatory, her parents were reluctant, but my dad made a huge deal of it and they let her go.  I'd rather follow the route my parents took.  We're all much happier people than others who are financially successful but don't like their jobs. [/quote]

As another PP asked, where in India are your parents from?[/quote]

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