.... You know. I'm not entirely surprised by that quote. Or not as much as I probably should have been.
See, a former class-mate of mine moved to the US with her family (to Arizona, I think) and we kept in touch for a bit. Among the things she told me was the fact that she found all of her classes to be ridiculously easy and that as far as subject-matter and overall difficulty went, the kids over there were learning what we had learned here around four years earlier. I couldn't believe it at first, but she was hardly the kind to either lie or exaggerate her own intellectual capabilities -- in a sense, she appeared just as vexed as me.
I have no idea what the situation is in regards to colleges that aren't Ivy League institutions, but if what she told me about high-schools remains largely the same even in academia....
Now you've got me decidedly curious and I will have to track down this article and read it in full. Is is a recent issue of Harper's Magazine?
no subject
See, a former class-mate of mine moved to the US with her family (to Arizona, I think) and we kept in touch for a bit. Among the things she told me was the fact that she found all of her classes to be ridiculously easy and that as far as subject-matter and overall difficulty went, the kids over there were learning what we had learned here around four years earlier. I couldn't believe it at first, but she was hardly the kind to either lie or exaggerate her own intellectual capabilities -- in a sense, she appeared just as vexed as me.
I have no idea what the situation is in regards to colleges that aren't Ivy League institutions, but if what she told me about high-schools remains largely the same even in academia....
Now you've got me decidedly curious and I will have to track down this article and read it in full. Is is a recent issue of Harper's Magazine?