Now that I’m in academia, my eyes have been opened.

Foreign freshmen (Latin America, Africa, Asia etc..), are light years ahead of American kids at the same age. High School is not preparing kids for college level math or writing. I’ve got Chinese freshmen here that can communicate in English better than American kids. Chinese high school has them at a calculus II level as they graduate. WTF is happening???

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DealingWithTrouble · 41-45, M

I spent a semester on exchange in a US university and noticed the material was a fair bit easier than in Canada.

The fact that a lot of US schools seem to be sports franchises with a sideline in education might have something to do with that.