From the moment a child is born, parents imagine a bright, successful future for their child. Reaching that bright future depends upon a first-class education. A primary role parents fulfill for their child is ensuring the child learns to work hard to maximize educational opportunities to succeed in school and in life. While parents in the East and West both passionately believe in education, encouraging success and excellence in their children, there are profound differences in their approaches. Such differences have long caused heated discussions among both parents and educators. Consider the ways in which your parents taught you to learn. What were their expectations of your performance in school or other areas like learning music, dancing, or painting? Did your parents ever force you to learn something that you disliked, at the time, but thanked them later? Look back, what do you think of that approach to education now?