I agree. Take the sorry education system, lack of motivation, expected handouts from $100 plus tennis shoes to I phones, and no phys ed. These kids plus far to many adults are morbidly obese. Our education system was once the envy of the world. Both China and Japan make us look bad. I sat in an ER last month and was surrounded by 300-450 pounders. UNREAL.
China and Japan are well up on top of the list from the US - which ranks somewhere around 35th in math & science - if reading/writing English were measured worldwide, the US would likely still come in at the bottom middle - as for history - the US is likely at the very bottom.
Russians learns English/ Chinese learn English ... the US learns Spanish ... do we need to say more?