Man insane after failing exams
By Liu Dan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-02-09 14:56

Recently, following the end of the festive Chinese Spring Festival, a young man was been sent to a mental hospital after four years of postgraduate examination failures beginning from 2002.

Twenty-nine-year-old Wang Xiaoxiang (alias) was born in a farmer's family in Changzhou City of East China's Jiangsu Province, and his father pinned much hope of success on him.

"I wanted my son to be a postgraduate student. Surprisingly he couldn't endure the pressure and went insane, but I don't regret my decision. I just feel sad about that," Wang's father said.

According to Xu, Wang's roommate in Southeastern University where they prepared for the exam, he began to notice a change in Wang as they lived and studied together from 2002 to 2005.

In 1993, wanting a good study environment for their son, who they hoped would be a talented person in the future, Wang's parents let him be adopted by a couple of teachers in a key provincial high school.

Wang spent his six-year junior and senior high school period in the family of his adopted parents. Under such a demanding study environment, he successfully passed the college entrance exam and enrolled in the Harbin Industrial University.

On hearing the news Wang's parents were very happy and decided to take him back home. But according to Xu, Wang said he felt distant from his parents and felt they did not treat him as their natural child but rather as an object to flaunt before the relatives.

Because of Wang's parents' opposition of finding a job after college, he was forced to lodge in Southeastern University, where he began preparing for the school's postgraduate examination.

In 2002, Wang gave up the exam due to insufficient preparation. And in the following three years, his exam marks were far short of the entrance mark. After that Wang frequently displayed abnormal tendencies, and went insane.

"My son now is in good hands, and will be fully recovered in several months," said Wang's father.

The father still reiterated that he and his wife had no fault and that their son could not understand their good intention. In any case, poor endurance on the boy's part and huge pressure from the parents made this tragedy.