The pressure on students comes from both unrealistic parental expectations and an exam oriented elitist education system.

In the long run, the growing expectation gap would aggravate the inevitable setbacks, and political leaders who championed closer relations could even be replaced by hard liners.

A recent survey showed that about 86 percent of primary school teachers said they are facing very high or comparatively high pressure at work and a major source of pressure comes from complaints and expectations from parents (52 percent).

What are the expectations?

Tom has surpassed expectations.

Such expectations are patently unrealistic.

David Cameron s Great Expectations

Wait in the waiting room.

Wait in the waiting room.

Of course there was some expectation.

Tom exceeded my expectations.

I can't stand the anticipation.

A chain of additional losses occurs when the inflated assets have been purchased with borrowed money.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, artificially high prices are one of the most common crimes in the sphere of housing and communal services.

We were filled with joyful expectation.

The results fell short of my expectations.

Did that hotel meet your expectations?

I will try to live up to your expectations.

I must live up to his expectations.

He's sitting in the waiting room.

It exceeded my expectations.

It exceeded my expectations.

It exceeded my expectations.

Your name is on the waiting list.

Your name is on the waiting list.

Tom has very high expectations.

The profits exceeded all our expectations.

Such a commitment would create definite inflation expectations (albeit not of continuing inflation).

Argentina was briefly Wall Street's darling. Then came Mexico's crisis, and Russia's, and Asia's.

The world economy turned sour for emerging markets.

At last, after nights and days of waiting.

Five years is too long to wait.

There are five patients in the waiting room.

Against all expectations, we became good friends.

Tom and Mary were tired of waiting.

In the Western zones, a different set of expectations soon prevailed.

First, it is important that expectations be kept modest.

Such are my hopes and expectations for the LHC.

Sometimes we even have these formalized cultural expectations.

He could not stand being kept waiting so long.

Other people's expectations affect how we behave.

The wonderful performance of this actress exceeded all expectations.

This is a meeting room, not a waiting room.

The view from the summit exceeded his expectations.

Tom sat in the waiting room reading a magazine.