People are saying well maybe he should go to an international school. That would partially solve it, but his Japanese ability would probably suffer. Also his mother might not have the means to send him 14 years to a int’l school. Also he has to be able to understand Japanese. The kinds that sometimes go to int’l schools sometimes have a hard time conveying information in their mother toungue properly due to both of the languages mixing together in the child’s programming.

While yes, this is definately a kyouiku mom, you can tell a part of him is self motivated. He is sad for a little while but his reply is もう一回受ける. And that was not scripted so you got to wonder which part is motherly motivation and which part is self motivation. He definately has confidence his himself to succeed. The education system and work system in Japan is fierce. He has to be able to pass entrance exams and employment screening tests. People tend to forget that Japan is a different culture with different rules. And all the psychological pramatism and theory, along with educational and linguistical theory is just that in the real world. People think this is an odd phenomenon in Japan but it is more common than people think.

In defense of the situation though, the kid isn’t exactly rolling on the floor crying about having to do all this studying.. he seems more determined to pass the test than his mom is. And she didn’t say anything horrible to him after he failed the eiken so… I dunno. She probably shouldn’t be doing it, but it doesn’t really seem like she’s ruining his life.

Note that the only English sentence we hear the kid speak is when he is reading from a book. Was it a story about the young man’s future perhaps?

“A baby chick grew and grew and became a little 変”

I personally think that English should be an elective from high school anyway. It is really not necessary to know English in Japan and after six years English education most Japanese can’t speak it anyway. Make it for kids who really want to learn it, test it as a language not a science and bring up a core group of students in Japan who can actually speak it. – And why aren’t other languages taught in Japanese schools?

For the parents: Karma’s a bitch ain’t it?

Can’t help but feel sorry for those children. It really is no surprise when they snap and kill everyone around them.

Mother got blood cancer (I think), paid all her own treatment, then she got a phone call from the hospital just before she was to do a dinner show to say mother was about to expire, but she couldn’t let her fans or manager down, so just sung mother a song as she died, then presumably did the dinner show.

Recently I read a book called “If you had controlling parents” and I know she’s exactly the kind of mom the book was talking about.

SON BRUTALLY MUTILATES HIS ENTIRE FAMILY AND BRINGS THE HEADS TO POLICE IN A BAG

Parents who push their kids that extra bit too hard always seem to end up paying for it in the long run in Japan. In other words: oWnage

Education is wasted on youth – Kids are supposed to be out experiencing their adolescence. What good is life if you don’t enjoy it?