[xzins]

No one ever addresses the fact that European schools take 2/3rds of the class out of high school and send them on career tracks in the trades.

When Americans get to the 8th grade let's take only the top third of the students, send them to a special high school and then compare the tests.

Our full population is competing against their top third. That would make a huge difference.

[George Smiley]

Ah the Technische Hochschule!