As an international student, Ben feels as though he has added pressures on
him that many of his peers may not understand:
…a lot of foreign people can really relate to this is the idea that your
parents have sacrificed so much for you and you just want to be
able to make them proud and to show them that their life was
worthwhile and that you are the reflection of their success…it’s just
sort of the sacrifice that I have been given and the idea if – if I fail,
like, they’ve failed, and that’s something that I’m not comfortable
living with…