Parents' Different Views on Education

I was really seriously absolutely shocked by the difference between American and Chinese parents' perspective upon their children’s education. Here are two most significant differences.
The first one I notice is parents’ views on college ,or say higher education. In America, lots of parents wanna know the tuition and board fee firstly when they choose a college for their kids, in addition, such as scholarship, loan and part-time jobs, which can be regarded as an unbelievable thing in the eyes of Chinese parents and teachers. Because of the highly selectiveness and abstruse questions in the final college entrance examination in China, entering college seems to be a glorious aim for all families, that does not only mean your high IQ, quality of diligence and potential to do well in college, but also mean children’s future such as their jobs, salaries and social status. Thus, parents in China would like to support their children financially to enter colleges, even, when they need to loan thousands of dollars from banks and friends and kinds, as soon as they receive the admittance from college without hesitation. Before I went to UIUC, I was a little worried because the tuition was higher than my expectation and I was admitted by other schools which could provide me scholarship. My parents also thought it expensive but they insisted that I should study in a top engineering school. Now, they always tell me that money is not a problem, and just pursue my dream freely. But I know the tuition is definitely a burden for the family.
Another thing is the distances that children would like to choose between school and home. All the American people I know here are from Illinois. Nevertheless, nowadays, many reports in China indicate that Chinese students have the disability of living alone to be compared with American students. Independence of children is highly recommended in China now. Every diligent student full of aspiration wants to enter a university out of their provinces, especially in Beijing, Shanghai and Hongkong. Some of them, like me, would prefer to study aboard where there is no previous acquaintances and relationship, what there are the difficulties of languages, misunderstanding, and the differences of social value system, which is unlikely to be solved entirely as we have followed disciplines in China for at least 10 years. The reason is to pursue independence, chances, and experiences which will be the worthy for whole life.
The differences never have a critical correct answer. There is no use to just imitate the formation from other countries. The only thing we can do is to pursue our own dream via a way that we want personally, that is placed in the most important part in your mind, because that is truly what your significance of life is.