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Originally Posted by Ryzorian
It's obvious that American schools have failed, considering how ignorant some folks seem to be reguarding the history of thier own nation. Washington and the founding fathers were some of the best people this country ever produced. The freedoms you enjoy today are because of them, and the blood, sweat and tears they shed. The constitution and the bill of rights that protect you, was written by those men you despise so much.
Is the US perfect? No, of course not, but it can improve. Afterall, it's the great experiment. Has it made mistakes in the past? Yes, no country is perfect in that reguard. Still, it atempts to correct those mistakes as best it can, no other country does that. Some folks nationalistic self hate is misguided.
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To be honest, I think it's statements like the one in Bold is the big problem! The rest of your post seems reasonable, but a tiny little sentence like that makes everything you said; invalid!
Personally, I don't know what the educational system is like in the US, but last year, I had to help out 2 Americans that came to France for an exchange. One was from Texas and the other somewhere in the centre of the US. I was pretty shocked at how bad they were doing in their Math and Chemistry classes in their first year of the Bachelors degree, yet they told me they had very good grades back home. I had to help them for about a month to catch up to the French standard. Luckily they were very intelligent, otherwise it would have taken much longer.
So, I don't know what they learnt in America, but when it came to classical Sciences, they sucked!