I was quite surprised when Thomas L Friedman, in the book 'The World is Flat' choose to research about India (the education and the booming economy) and keep dragging the US authorities about weakening education scenerio and its immediate and long term consequences. I always expected US education is superior to everwhere else. However, Friedman slams the US authorities with surprising statistics that says US education is fading in productivity and thus has a skimpy future. Thats seems true to me.
Because being an outsider to US always gives me a chance to compare and contrast with the system I was born and the system I am in now. Nepalese and Indian education systems are supposed to be a rigirous work of 'process of learning'. When I was kid, I never want to go to school because I was always loaded with: heavy books in my back, lots of homeworks, and fear of physical abuses by the instructors and so on. But on the good side this industry-modelled schooling resulted in producing hardworking students( I am the worst product they produced.. lol). And my cousin who is now studing in middle school here in US is having all the fun which I could never imagine. My quasi-Indian mindset had many times questions this type of education.
I really agree with Friedman that US education is somehow relegated where government is more concerned with other issues like economy and World affairs. Unlike other developing countries US is loosing its focus in education. Saying that, I am threatening my position too, I should still think US education is best because I am here to study.
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