An 11-year-old boy in Changsha, China, required medical attention after doing homework and studying for 14 hours straight under the supervision of his parents.

China’s obsession with curricular excellence is no secret, but in some extreme cases, it can literally put kids’ lives in danger. Case in point, an 11-year-old boy was recently hospitalized after doing homework from 8 am to 10 pm without any rest. By 11 pm, the boy became agitated and developed rapid breathing, dizziness, headaches, and numbness in his limbs. His parents, who had been supervising him all day at the family home in Changsha, panicked and took him to a local hospital, where he was diagnosed with respiratory problems due to hyperventilation.