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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On an average, an Indian student in India gets an average of  two whole years of extra schooling  compared to American students by the time they graduate from high school.   Imagine what an advantage it is for students to get an additional 700 days of instruction from K-12. No wonder US is falling behind.

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(On average, an Indian student in India doesn't complete secondary school.)[/quote]

You are correct.  I am however not talking of every child in India. I am talking about the middle class and upper class students who may be a relatively small %age of all students in India, but are in high enough numbers to make a dent when they are hired by other countries because of their qualifications.

The culture of prioritizing education continues in this country among Indian-Americans students. [/quote]

The culture of parents/workers needing those long breaks continues in this country among Indian-Americans so they can go back and visit India. So....would you still rather have no long breaks and just year-round school dotted with many holidays?[/quote]

Oh no! I did not think of the long summer breaks that my kids spend in India. For sure let's have the USA schools have long summer breaks so that we can visit India.  Since the airfare is very expensive lets make the summer break more than a month!!

No one is asking for year round school, but a month of break is more than enough after each academic year.[/quote]

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