| Even with teaching them to be competitve, inherint North American laziness will always reduce our scolastic achievment compared to the rest of the world, especially ina society that lauds lesser talented celbrityism over actual achievment (ex. The person who cures aids will just not be as popular as Paris Hilton, and she's only famous for being famous, the popularity of relatity television and talentless summer blockbusters over movies with actors that can actually act instead of look good, and cliche ridden page turners over thoughtful literature (steven king over say Mark Twain) |