# Mom "rewards" son for good grades. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565 "2002-04-19T19:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565/61 "2002-04-22T14:20:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tsubaki \* but incest isn’t completely unknown in the States, is it? Oh, by no means – if the _Jerry Springer Show_ and the internet porno domains are any clue, it’s rampant. [sub] Note for Non-USA Dopers: Jerry Springer is the host of a trash-TV interview show of the sort that usually starts with the studio audience yelling insults at the guests and ends up with a fistfight, covering such wonderful, wholesome topics as “13-year-old boys who cross-dress like Britney Spears”, “My grandmother stole my boyfriend”, “Wives who left their husbands for another woman”, etc. Every so often they’ll feature an , ahem, close-knit family.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565/62 "2002-04-22T14:53:14Z")
Once again, people, it’s sensationalized Jerry Springer meets an r rated World Weekly News. I think there’s something wrong with everyone that’s trying to find a deeper meaning or why this is happening. You would dismiss this as sensationalized hype if it happened in the US, but somehow in Japan and their school system it seems believeable. This is not common practice in Japan. It probably is an UL. Believeable it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565/63 "2002-04-25T05:33:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mnemosyne \* > \*\* > > Although this is a total guess, I would imagine that the stress of school must be something like trying to ace an MCAT exam _every day_ for every subject. I know people who have gone into hiding to study for MCATs and GMATs and whatever other standardized tests they might need to get into their wanted fields…only in Japan, the number of students doing the same thing is so much more, and the pressure starts younger. I have the choice to write the MCAT if I wanted, and if I wanted to go into Med school, or vet school, etc. But I suspect Japan has intense tests like these for every subject…hence the “life-or-death” career wise. Of course, its possible to re-take a MCAT, but I don’t know if thats acceptable at all in Japan. \*\* If jerking off doesn’t relieve these kids’ tension, then that’s just too much stress. > [@](#): > > Every evening at 8:00, Haruki would vanish into his room, ostensibly to study. Meiko was pleased – until one night she caught a glimpse of him through the slightly open door and realized he was not studying but masturbating. All I know is, in America, no guy leaves his door “slightly open” when he’s masturbating. And I can’t imagine an American teenager even telling his mom that his _girlfriend_ was sucking his dick, let alone asking mom to do it! > [@](#): > > **Intrigued** , she peeked into his room the following night, and the night after that. I just now caught this. Sounds like mom’s “intrigue” may have been slightly damp. As to whether or not the story is plausible by Japanese standards, I can’t say. I’ve found both arguments valid. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565/64 "2002-04-25T13:58:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*I thought that sort of thing only happened in Oklahoma…!.. \*\* No! You are thinking of _The King and I._ ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565/65 "2002-04-26T12:22:43Z")
If it’s in pixels, it’s gotta be true… I have some swamp land in Florida if anyone’s interested… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565.md?page=3)