There’s also the mentality that you must “give back” to your parents since they raised you and all, whether or not you do meet their expectations (and whether or not they’ve been nice to you) that’s strongly imbibed in our culture. Because if you don’t, then you’re just a horrible child. And I think it’s one of the things that pressured me more to excel, since it’s been set in my mind that I have to succeed in order to provide them the things that they want and need