How many American kindergartens have the kids write essays on what they want to do when they grow up? No wonder our public schools don't match up.
More to the point how many kindergarten kinds aged 5 can write a coherent paragraph much less an essay. If Obama could spell president at 5, then either he is a savant or Indonesian schools have a better approach to education than “it takes a village of NEA teachers to raise a child”
Our Senior year was done and the Chemistry/Physics teacher asked us on one of the last days of class to write down “What do you want to be when you grow up?” 50% of us caught it...