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Have you ever been inside an American K-12 classroom ?

Education is secondary to a teachers job …. the real issue is managing the classroom without disruption

Why do you think it’s different in other countries? It’s the same all over Europe too. More and more kids have ADHD or other mental issues, social networking affects social norms etc.

It's culture. American culture treats teaching and education like a free babysitting service, and pays teachers accordingly.

If our culture valued education we would value teachers and their ability to teach, and we so clearly do not.

I assure you, it’s similar in many EU countries. Teachers are usually paid very little, governments are not doing much to keep them, due to really bad demographics forecasts in most countries.

I don't know about other countries, my experience has only been in US high schools, mostly public. Maybe it would work in other countries, or private schools

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