Yeah, the "how to think" part is what I really found missing when I switched countries.  At a young age you have to really strain your brain and push your limits.  I think this is why other countries win out.  You have to grow those brain cells really early in life.

What's intersting is everyone already knows this.  There are no studies against it.  So what the hell is the problem?

 

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"Я это понимаю на рациональном уровне, но не могу принять на эмоциональном" --Бизнесмен Борис Березовский

Egor:

So what the hell is the problem?

 

Because studying and learning might be hard and/or frustrating, and that would interfere with letting little Precious enjoy his childhood of complete indulgence and it might damage his self esteem.

I studied in a foreign university, and when I took the mid-term exams I flunked them all.  I was sure I got at least a "B" on all my exams, so imagine my horror (yes, really, scared the sh*t out of me) when I realized I was flunking.  You see, in the American school system, even in college, you are simply required to memorize the material.  Not 'apply' the material.  In the foreign exams if you miss ANYTHING you should know, you lose like 20 points (instead of 5 points), but even more different:  students are asked to apply what they learned to a new situation and actually stretch your knowlege in a new way.  that was horrific.  I can't just spit back out what you taught?? 

 

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"Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable."

That appeared to be a long fight, but I actually prefered classiks - KGB vs. Egor rrr.. ) Times changing..

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music of meah

Egor:

 

Makes perfect sense.  Where is this from?  Or are these your thoughts?

Collected over the years from different sources.  Anyone who's not willing to take my word may disregard this information :)) 

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James Bond:

man.  did you go to school in Oakland?  :-)

As Biden would say - don't let these facts get in your way:

http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis19.html

USA ranking in Reading for 9 year olds:  USA ranks #2 in the world.

Math % correct for 9 year olds in USA:   58% versus Math % correct average of all countries analyzed:  63%  (slightly below average)

Science % correct for 9 year olds in USA:   65% versus Science % correct average of all countries analyzed:  62% (slightly above average)

 (yeah, we can ALWAYS do a lot better, but we aren't a failure).  Anyway, you are right about high schools - we are dumbed down here in high school.  we catch back up in college and beyond. 

Now, I noticed some bashing in the article about USA needing help, but the statistics don't lie.

 It's all very true.  The stats are really good upwards to high school.  That's where the trouble begins.
 

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