No, the standards here are far, far more lax than in India. Consider that EVERY Indian high school studend speaks AT LEAST 3 languages fluently. And I do mean ‘fluently’!! They speak English (spelling and grammar are impecable, American accent, not so much), they speak Hindi (national language of India) and whatever local dialect they grew up with. There are over 1,500 local dialects spoken in India.
In America, we can’t do enough for the stupid, lazy or unmotivated. We punish the achievers - heck, we even deny the Valadictorian and Salutatorian the honor of speaking at their graduation in many states. We can’t do enough for the losers.
In India, it’s achieve or go out on the streets and beg for food. Your future educational potential is based upon your previous educational achievements - now THAT is incentive.
So, he is absolutely and compoletely correct. Among Indians, they are trained to treat the average American as a high school drop-out; and given the standards they grow up with - they aren’t too far off.
Yes, but many (if not most) have learned to lie about those achievements and use the system to get ahead. Like StolarStorm stated (post #9), those I've employed have overstated their experience and CANNOT problem-solve. It is very frustrating trying to convince them that RESULTS matter, not the appearance of adequacy.
The US is heading that way - we’ll soon be speaking three or even four langauges: English, Polish, Arabic, and Spanish here in Chicago for example.