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Total nonsense. Lots of other countries have vastly better grade schools (pg mentions this in one of his essays). Do you think all the people in those countries just have a lot more potential than most Americans?

The worst thing about this ridiculous "America is the best!" attitude is that you can't fix anything if you think you've already got the best that can be done.



I am not actually American, I am from Australia, which supposedly has a comparatively good schooling system.

We have the same complaints here.


"Do you think all the people in those countries just have a lot more potential than most Americans?"

Yes, for the above reasons you mentioned.


I meant potential as in "do you think no manner of teaching could ever make them more intelligent".




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