Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
FWIW, Finnish and Norwegian schools and students perform waaaaay better than US, and their system is 1) free, 2) teachers are paid very well and highly respected, 3) and the structure revolves around socialness and construction, not competitiveness.
Wuf, I hear an awful lot from you about these countries, but in reality, when do you expect any of this to come to fruition in the US. There are a lot of differences between cultures and I just don't see it happening anytime in my generation here in the states... regardless of how effective it is.