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Having seen up close the competition and discipline in schools in China and India, and the excellent students they produce (at least at the middle and top) I fear that the next generation of American kids are going to be serving coffee to their Indian and Chinese masters in 25 years....

My 14 year old son is much smarter than I was at his age. He is taking much harder courses than I ever did. He is in Honors Alg 2 in 9th grade, and will finish 2 years of college math before he graduates.

He’s in honors biology in 9th grade, and I never even took biology.

He’s read more books than I ever did growing up, and he reads them quickly and comprehends them.

I don’t know what my IQ is, but his is over 130. Mine is not that high.

Having seen up close the competition and discipline in schools in China and India, and the excellent students they produce (at least at the middle and top) I fear that the next generation of American kids are going to be serving coffee to their Indian and Chinese masters in 25 years....

Exactly. Past generations didn't suffer from a distorted view of their personal accomplishments because they weren't taught that things were going to be easy. Life is not easy in a free society. You have to be able to take care of yourself. Self-esteem wasn't the focus in the classroom. Learning the material was the focus. Your ability to do your part in society was paramount. Now we have many who feel good about their future inability to provide for themselves. It's all about what society is going to do for you, you budding genius you. How dare society expect you to worry about mundane things such as taking care of yourself? Can't pay your mortgage because you didn't plan properly and bought an expensive house? That's society problem, man. Man this life shit is unfair. Life got you down? Well, there's someone you can pray to who will give you all the material goodies you want now. That's what all that God stuff is about. Yeah.

We're so screwed as a nation.

“Having seen up close the competition and discipline in schools in China and India, and the excellent students they produce (at least at the middle and top) I fear that the next generation of American kids are going to be serving coffee to their Indian and Chinese masters in 25 years....”

If you look at the US college and graduate programs in the sciences they are full of Chinese and Indian students. One reason is that it is difficult to find Americans students that are qualified. If you CAN’T read this, THANK THE TEACHER’S UNION.