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Default USA behind again...

On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 3:26:15 PM UTC-5, Poquito Loco wrote:
...but I'll bet if they looked at just the Asian students in the USA we'd be at the top of the list,
or close to it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...5e5_story.html

"Singapore topped the rankings, taking first place in both grades for math and science on the
tests,..."

"Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan also dominated the lists for each grade in both subjects."


As I'm sure you are aware, those countries are largely homogeneous societies with very strong values and school/work ethics. The children aren't coddled, they don't all get trophies at the end of the season. They are expected to perform. Very different than here.

Those countries are no places for snowflakes.