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Our scores might not be great but our system does give every student who wants to a chance to succeed. In Europe or Asia I would never have been allowed to continue with college prep classes because my learning disabilities prevented me from testing well. In the US, I ended up in AP classes, passing AP exams, and earning a PhD.
When I was teaching at the University level it was not uncommon to have one of my Asian born exchange students come up and complain that the class required too much work. They were used to a system that you studied hard to get into high school and college but once you got into college it was an easy ride. They were disappointed to realize that the US tends to do things a bit differently.
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