As always, there are Chinese mothers and there are Chinese mothers.

The kind we see here in the U.S. are very specific, highly selected, basically the tip of the iceberg.

If you were to see the ‘typical’, the ‘average’ Chinese mother, you’d be shocked and horrified.

Suffice to say that as many as 40% of kids in rural Chinese schools never graduate from MIDDLE SCHOOL. They just drop out at some point around the time when it becomes evident that they won’t make the cut on gaokaos, usually around the age of 13 or 14, and move on to work on the nearest farm.