All my courses were in depth, assignments for every subjectat least once a week, exams were written (No multiple choice?
It’s hard to explain rigor of our schools. We spend time writing notes in class that teachers got from textbooks that we have and are not allowed to bring. Some of our assignments were to stydy an entire topics ourselves and maybe get a 30mins explanation in class. So every year, we copy notes the size of ten textbooks. For students in my area, we normally walk 1hour to school and another hour back home.