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This is easy. That is because they have better schools. If the schools here teach math better, there will be no need for Kumon. [/quote]

Do they have better schools?  What does it mean to be "better"?  Like rote memory learning is better?  Better like the government pays for *everything*, even college?  Then yea, European schools are better.  Better like kids are better behaved so they don't have as much disciplinary problems so the teachers can actually spend the time teaching rather than focusing on disciplining, so they are able to cover more material?  Then yea, there's is better.  So many different definitions of "better".[/quote]
Yes, Europeans generally have better schools. They are safer, they have healthier lunches, they have more discipline, and their graduates have more knowledge and skills.  And the college education is free too for the most part.  So I'd say they are better all around.  When my brother went to school in Germany my dad did none of the things I have to do for my child - no packing lunches, no driving a kid to school, no additional math at home, and no saving for college. [/quote]

I'm PP..  My DH is from Europe and I would agree with you that European schools are generally better than here, but you cannot compare it in a vacuum.  The reasons why they are better have much to do with socialism there.  But the US probably does a better job at accommodating special needs kids.   I think if you were a parent of a SN kid, you would want to be in the US, and not there.

Here in the US, there are so many factors that have lead to the demise of the quality of schools, some of which are the fault of the government and teacher unions (some, not all - don't all jump on me), and others the fault of the parents and lack of family structure.  It is not just one of these things that have lead us here. I'm sure there are lots of divorces in Europe as well. But it is certainly a combination of these things that have caused our schools to be the state they are in.[/quote]

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