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Originally Posted by crucifissio
I went to an American private school when I was abroad and followed their "education plan", it was like I was put 3-4 years backwards to say elementary school level...
the "tests" are usually multiple choice answers and if you are not a complete moron you can pass US middle school with no studying at all...
I actually had trouble when I returned back to normal non-american schools because I had missed so much in math and physics that I had to start reading books again 
I do not think americans are stupid nor that they have low IQ...we are all homo sapiens and its a bullshit argument...but the US education system is a joke...not commenting on yale or MIT or harvard , just your basic middle school in the USA...its like your health care, over priced and bullshit... |
This, to me, is the core of the argument. It all boils down to how you define dumb. If dumb mean under-educated then there are countries that are far ahead of us and there are many countries that are far worse than us.
If dumb is meant to be lacking a general awareness of the world outside our borders, we have some issues with that as well, but there are plenty of countries with that same problem.
If dumb just means born stupid without the ability to learn or grow intellectually, then I think we are right on par with most of the world. I think most humans have the capacity to learn when given the chance. It is cultural and environmental things that determine whether or not they seek out that education.