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To: longnshort who wrote (289190)5/29/2006 3:35:24 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1572100
 
And, sometimes, merely for showing up. In Great Britain, even primary school students can name all the monarchs of England. How many American children can name the capital of their own state? In India, the study of mathematics is practically a religion. In the United States, how many retail clerks can make change without relying on a calculator?

Unfortunately, this has been true of every American education. From where I am sitting, there are problems in the American educational system but many of them go much deeper than the argument cited in your article.