<p>I think the point that lmkh70 might be attempting to make is that there are different cultures where “school learning” is emphasized differently. That being said, doing so severely disadvantages students from that states and hurts their prospects for the future.</p>
<p>That being said, I have a question: If the rest of the world can advance their children in math and do so successfully, why is that same level of learning “too hard” for US students? I highly doubt US kids are any less intelligent than those from other countries- though the cultural values are often different. (Unrelated to posts on CC, this is an opinion I’ve heard from people I know).</p>