parental pressure & tragedy in Japan

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<p>This is a chilling tale of what intense parental pressure can lead to. It seems that a Japanese boy burned down his home, killing his stepmother and two younger siblings, so that his parents would not find out about a score on an English test:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13515086/[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13515086/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>How tragic.</p>

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<p>well I take it his idea did not work</p>