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Originally Posted by Bill8
So your argument is, we aint as dumb as all that, them foreigners are cookin the books.
I'll bet you can get a lot of people to sign on to that. That sounds american as all get out.
What do you figure we're really at? Like, 2nd or 3rd maybe, if it weren't for the book cookin? 10th? 29th?
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My point was asking how the rankings are determined. Questioning how data is determined is not a sign of arrogance.
I never defended the American educational system, although, you'll get out of it what you put into it. If a student takes his education seriously in America, I think it will be on par with any other country. The difference comes in because we don't force our kids to do well. If a kid wants to slack off, we generally let them. In other countries, such things are not tolerated as much, both by the culture and by the parents.