Why does Canada and America has bad education.?

Question

In India what children study in grade 4 in Canada they start to study in grade 8.After children graduating from schools in india go to top class universities.And children in Canada after graduating go and work in places like Tim Hortons.I know that because I have studied in both the places.

Answer 1

India is hardly the model of a wonderful education system. Although some Indian schools are extremely good - among the best in the world - many are extremely bad, especially in the rural areas. I would argue that those "good" Indian schools are worth arguing as being superior to many of those in the US, but I would not dare to make a sweeping generalisation that education in India is in any way superior to that of the US or Canada.

If India can find a way to apply the excellent methods it uses in its best schools, to all of its schools, then, we can talk. But until then? Please.

Answer 2

It is obvious that there was not much emphasis on grammar at your school. Maybe you could ask an American or Canadian for some help.

Answer 3

I hate to disappoint you, but you are very wrong. If Canada and the US have such "bad education", why are some of the world's top universities located in the US (Yale, Harvard, etc). I've lived in Canada all my life and most people I know have gone on to much better jobs than working in "places like Tim Horton's".

And, since I'm sure that won't be good enough for you, let's take a look at some statistics:

Literacy, Total Population: Canada - 99%, US - 99%, India - 61%

Average Years of Schooling of Adults: Canada - 11.6, US - 12, India - 5.1

School enrollment, secondary, gross: Canada - 108.53%, US - 94.68%, India - 53.51%

Those statistics sure don't make it look like India has superior education to Canada and the US.

EDIT:  80% of Harvard students are Indian?  I don't think so.  216 of 3913 international students in the year 2007-2008.  Somehow I don't think that works out to anywhere near 80%.  (See the fourth link below)

And you've done nothing to disprove any of the statistics given above.

Answer 4

Gross generalizations don't help anyone.  You can cite specific cases, but not all situations.

Yes, some people face problems in the US and Canada, but judging from some of my students who've come from India, your home country is not immune.

Personally, I received an outstanding education in my hometown.  I went to a prestigious four-year institution and graduated with "high honors."  I then went on to pursue a master's degree in which I received no grade lower than an A.  I take offense at your suggestion that I am uneducated or that my family, which is full of public school teachers, are doing a poor job.

It seems that in neither school system did you learn a) how to make a logical argument or b) how to make your subject and verb agree in a question with a compound subject in English or c) how to correctly form verbs in wh- questions.

Why do Canada and America provide a poor education for their students?  You tell us.  I'm well-satisfied with mine.

Answer 5

Fist of all I would not show my ignorance. Secondly you want to insult someone else, get your facts straight,

In America and Canada people do not have to find ordinary jobs. Only people who are academically inclined go to higher studies. Parents are not obligated to maintain after 18, it is upto the student to find means of paying. So sometimes they wait and save up enough to  go to school.

Answer 6

Well clearly you DID study in these places considering your grammar...

It's capitalism's fault.

Answer 7

I cant see a clear point in the question. If you are asking about the difference in the education system its totally different.. i think you are talking about cultural differences.. Its normal in some countries to work locally for meeting up the expences and in India aswell now a days.. So it might be that the person you are reffering to is working at Tim Hortons after his/her graduation temporarly and looking for a job in the same field of work in which s/he has graduated...

Additionally it also depends on which college / university one studies in...

Now coming back to grade 4 and grade 8, it might be true what you are trying to say as schooling in India as quite more difficult.. however the concepts differ about the education.. I am not sure about US and Canada but in the UK i know that there are no exams until class 7.. but the higher education is much more tough and vocational in nature as compared to a normal Indian degree..

so schooling is a bit difficult in India but getting a college degree is much easier and its other way round in the UK and may be Canada and the US.

Hope it helps