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The American educational system must have really low standards if that's "pretty good" for a 13 year old.
Yes, it most certainly has low standards. Bush expanded the Department of Education during his two terms, and I'm sure Obama will also do the same. I expect it to get much worse. The sad part is people can't opt out of this failing pathetic system — unless they're well off financially to be able to afford private schools.
I've improved my writing during silly arguments on forums and browsing
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ over a couple weekends in my spare time than I ever did in four years of elementary school.