Are America's Students Marketable? (globally speaking that is)?

Question

My English 101 question happens to ask such a question and so I feel that answers would be a great start for gethering ideas. I welcome all, however, please let's not allow our emotions to run over your much appreciated answers. The question pertains generally to our education systems, at one point asking if our averages happen to be behind (not enough bi/multilingualism, focusing too much on standardise testing, etc.)

Thank you to all who answer this question honestly.

Answer 1

yeah, if you are Bilingual ..and experts in some specific skills

Answer 2

You need to read the book, MANY CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND by Deborah Meier et. al. What is going on in our primary and secondary school systems is deplorable. It talks about the pitfalls of standardized testing, and you wouldn't imagine in your wildest dreams the negative ramifications of the No Child Left Behind Act.

I think that a scientist, an artist or a physician educated at an American university is at least as proficient as one from a university in Germany, Japan or India. However, fewer and fewer students are even making it through high school, and once they get to university they are lost and have to take remedial courses out the wazoo.

You might also want to look at SAT and ACT statistics. Are they getting better or worse?

I hope this is what you wanted. Regardless, read the book I mentioned. It's an eye-opener.

Answer 3

Those who actually make it out of high school, enter college, and graduate college are just as good as their foreign counterparts in Japan, Germany, or China. But I think that the foundation here of the primary and secondary schools is very shallow and spoon-fed. With that and other high school drama, the dropout rates are appalling being that all the opportunities are free and equal for everyone. Everyone else who don't graduate from college are pretty much very far behind compared to say high school grads from Japan or the Philippines. With all its splendor and wealth, I think America could do better.