Ex-top China student gets low exam score, kicked out by parents who change door code
Teenager Xiaokai, who lives in Huaihua in central Hunan province, called the local Hunan TV for help after he found he could not go back home because his parents had changed the door passcode.
They also decided to cut off his financial aid.
The boy's parents were angry because he achieved a score of 575 out of 750 in the university entrance exam, known as 'gaokao' in China.
Xiaokai found himself locked out of his own home after not performing to the level his parents expected in a key examination. Photo: Baidu.
The mark left them worried that their son could not be admitted to a so-called 985 school.
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