Hard school- any disadvantage?

Watson_amp_Crick
Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:39:39 +0000

Now to give everyone a fair view of the situation:


the US holistic system favors late specialization so that you have a few yrs to decide what you want to do. I think those yrs are a waste of time and money that could be spent doing sth useful if we elevate HS level classes.
EU system promotes early specialization while providing very high level secondary education. As a side note, the HS system in EU is ENORMOUSLY more well rounded than the secondary education in the US. WHich is why US college students have to make that up in college (at the cost of thousands of dollars). I can testify to this since I experienced both systems. By far, the EU education championed critical thinking skills over speed, maturity over technical skills, and writing skills over “bubbling” or “scantron” skills. I never used a scantron before going to the USA.