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Myths and legends supported literally by a joke. American educational system is no worse than Western European[1], and definitely better when it comes to higher education[2].

[1] http://super-economy.blogspot.com/2010/12/amazing-truth-abou... [2] pretty much any ranking will do



[2] Better for just the lucky few who can get to the top universities.


True, but true everywhere. There is simply no bottom for quality of higher education, or just education.


Literally anyone can get to a top university if they work hard enough


Certainly, but that doesn't have terribly much to do with what you can say about the population at large.




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