Originally posted by Astner
It doesn't surprise me. From what I understand the most demanding schools in terms of natural sciences at least are located in France and in Russia. Ecole Polytechnique for instance has a hundred hours scheduled a week.But at the same time it's important to note that the quality of an U.S. high school education is subpar to the European standard, and that Europe is more of a meritocracy than the U.S.
Florida State University.
The problem with the American school system (same with all American problems really) is that there are plenty of Americans who believe that to push for reform would equal admitting that we're not #1.