"You might as well die, and I won't shed a tear at your funeral."

The Carter Center has translated an article by Zhang Rui, a senior high school student in Anhui Province, who describes firsthand experience with the Chinese education system and familial pressures:

I thought about committing suicide but I refuse to let the Chinese education system drive me mad. I hate my father, but not really. What I hate more is the Chinese education system and how it drives parents and relatives to measure people solely by grades and numbers.

Why is Zhang Rui hating life so much, and what does it mean for China's economic miracle? Stay tuned...