#academic-pressure

#academic-pressure

When newcomers or a family rising out of poverty, or maybe just a middle-class family that has squirrelled away the money for a college education, push a child to study hard, that child can feel the heavy burden of family hopes. In many countries around the world, these expectations are driving an epidemic of suicide and self-harming behaviors among emerging adults.

"The first question he asked me was 'What is your GPA,' not 'What is your name.'"