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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had occasion to work with Canadian and Oxbridge educated Brits.  My Canadian and US colleagues often remark on how different the Brits are from us in the way they think.

They are very good in coming up with elegant concepts, [b]but as soon as one scratches below the surface it becomes pretty obvious to the North Americans they are simply not operational. [/b] For us, having something that is operational is critical; not so much to the Brits.

Perhaps the way they are educated?[/quote]

A person I know works for a big 3 in international tax accounting.  This friend said the same thing about Americans, that their knowledge was less deep than their internationally educated counterparts.  I really think it has to do with specific people, possibly the major and what school you went to both in the US and UK.

We are making quite a sweeping generalization here.  There are smart/talented people from both sides, notwithstanding what university they went to.  [/quote]

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