Also you have very interesting perspective. In my family it is vice versa. All 3 kids did not enjoy US system of 2 years mandatory studying of general electives that they hated. They all would rather take extra focus classes in their majors than wasting time in religious, history, extra English classes etc that they did not enjoy (often you need to take what is available and not what you would prefer…) Yes, they are ok with general education, but 2 years is a lot of wasted time. So actually 3 years of focused education for less money would be more attractive. But that is not an option in the US, and they do not plan to live in Europe, so they were in survival mode.