I tried to say too much earlier. My point is that American schools lack discipline (mainly because of lawyers and the teacher's union) and as a result most Americans wandering through life are basically without knowledge, either to get on well or to fully experience life. They just watch professional wrestling or mindless sitcoms (where the humor is people making fools of themselves) and eat junk.
However, this has its other side -- the few who are really smart get a good, if not superior, education, as they are taught to think independently and creatively. They still get a lot of misinformation in high school that they have to unlearn either in college or in life, but at least they are equipped.
The problem with no discipline for this elite is that they lack memorization skill, something that is squired only with a lot of doing. It amazed me how little Shakespeare or Dickens or even Mark Twain any American can recite -- and believe me this is a joy later in life. Of course the ability to memorize is also a huge leg up in any work requiring any responsibility, and here America is on the decline. That most of the population is still subject to superstitions and religions and crazy conspiracy schemes and the forming of opinions of politicians based on appearance or on what someone else says, and so on, also reads badly for the future of American government, and we all know those days are already on us.
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