My friend says that we (everyone else at school which is predominantly white) will never understand the pressures that SOME indian parents place on their children.
If he and his brother are not a:
Dentist/Doctor/Lawyer/Engineer his parents will be very disappointed. Hence why he has applied for law, despite hating it and wanting to study English.
This is not the case for all people, but asian parents have been stereotyped as "pushy", I think that SOME of them (not all are pushy) just want the best for their children and want them to go into a "respected" career. Especially 1st generation immigrants who have had to work very hard for everything they've got.
This happens in the UK, and for international students as well. I've been to India, the doctors work SOOO hard over there, their working hours are absolutely insane. If I was a Doc in India I'd wanna come over here just for the European working time directive.
But anyways asian docs will be looking after you when you're old, so be happy. Who cares, Nationality doesn't make a good or bad doctor. Plus loads of people with surnames like Patel have families who've been here for yonks. They're British.