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To: tejek who wrote (373194)	3/8/2008 7:42:39 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571929

"he US educational system is based on the premise that our pre university educational system is substandard compared to other first world countries" I don't think it is as bad as many make it out to be. Now, I will grant there are those who are ill-served by our system. Our public school students rate lower in science and math than many other countries. I think the single biggest reason for that is the tendency to cover a lot of different topics, but not very deeply. Still, the results seem to indicate that it isn't all that awful. For one, Americans seem to be able to exist in the best university system in the world. In addition, as adults, their knowledge seems to be ok. A 2000s study by Jon Miller of Michigan State University concluded that "A slightly higher proportion of American adults qualify as scientifically literate than European or Japanese adults". [7] en.wikipedia.org Going by some of the posters here, that makes me feel a little queasy, by the way...