Has anyone had this kind of upbringing?

[ninwa]

or know anyone who has?
http://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,36106.msg384005.html#msg384005

If so, how in/effective have you found it?

[Romperait]

Not to that extreme thankfully. =)

[iNerd]

Not to that extreme thankfully. =)

+1. Only thing there that makes sense there is not getting a grade under A.

[ariawuu]

I know someone who had this sort of life. She now hates school and doesn't care much about her education. I think it's up to the individual if they want it or not..

[Gloamglozer]

Hmmm...  I wonder if that's the reason I'm such a failure since I was allowed to do all those things.

[Greatness]

Not to that extreme thankfully. =)

+1. Only thing there that makes sense there is not getting a grade under A.

Yeah same here.... A few LOLs in there
'If a Chinese child gets a B—which would never happen—there would first be a screaming, hair-tearing explosion. The devastated Chinese mother would then get dozens, maybe hundreds of practice tests and work through them with her child for as long as it takes to get the grade up to an A.'

[EvangelionZeta]

All these things happened to me... -fetal position-

Not really. Good god.

[SDPHD]

I'm surprised that...

• Commit Suicide

Wasn't on the list.

I haven't had an upbringing like that and I'm glad.

[Furbob]

haha... having an Asian mother and Caucasian father, I get pretty varied responses to my studies

I remember one day coming home from school, mortified over my C in my English exam and when I told my parents ... my mum - "that's because you never read books and all you do is Accounting and Japanese everyday and doing Japanese will get you nowhere!" and my dad - "well hey you got A+ in Japanese and Accounting, just improve your English next time k?"

I still haven't forgotten about that English exam to this day *shudders*

[Ghost!]

Fortunate to not be in this posistion **dances**

[Eriny]

Nope. My parents are kind of the opposite actually. I never had a bed time or curfew when growing up and I had to bug them to allow me to learn violin (I was 12 when I started and about 8 years older than the other people in the beginners section of the ensemble I played with!). My dad told me that he failed year 12 technical drawing or something, so he didn't mind if I failed a subject, as long as I tried my best.

But still, parental/family expectations still pressure me sometimes. My friend once bought me a mug which said 'the better you do, the more they expect' which is very true.

[Menang]

But still, parental/family expectations still pressure me sometimes. My friend once bought me a mug which said 'the better you do, the more they expect' which is very true.

+1
so true.

[Romperait]

All these things happened to me... -fetal position-

• be in a school play

xD

[Menang]

My parents have never been overly pushy in terms of schoolwork, but I think that's because they trust me to do the work myself. :S My spesh 1/2 grades were pretty much all C's and D's but they didn't really mind, because they knew humanities is my strength.

Then again, I had a similar experience, when I was 4, on the piano, where my dad forced me to sit and play almost like how it's described in the article - I was in tears. But now I love playing the piano and I agree - nothing is fun when it's hard, but when you get good at it you really appreciate it.

[Greatness]

heheh im glad im not musically talented