American schools

On paper and in studies you hear so much about how "America has some of the best schools in the world". Really? Why don't you go to an average high school in the United States and see what teaching and learning is taking place if any.

Okay, I will concede that american public education sucks because of their low standards for just about everything. However, I say it depends on the teacher because while I had many terrible teachers, I've also had some superb teachers who both really cared and were also very knowledgeable about their subjects (in public schools.) They basically used their own teaching styles and graded how they wanted to, despite what the school may have wanted. I don't know, maybe this is very rare and I was just lucky.