Originally Posted by mollusk

Don't get me started on the US HS system.

I hate it.

Really smart kids come out of it and go to college to study engineering and they don't know anything and all or their thinking is fuzzy. It is very painful for both them and me to "get their minds right". (OK, I went with the "Cool Hand Luke" movie quote instead of the obvious one from "The Paper Chase" ... 'skull full of mush', etc.)