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The minute parents put their kids so high on a pedestal that no one could reach them, including the parents themselves, is about when the chocolate ice cream turned to poop.
ITA! Some time between the 1950's and now, we went from children being born into a family and being expected to adapt to that family to the family transforming around the children. The parents used to be the center of the family. Today the kids are the center of the family. Personally, I blame the mommy wars but that's another debate.
I'm a bit confused by your statement "not faring nearly as well as ours." Does this mean that they're not as good as ours? I could have sworn that Hong Kong, Japan and Korea are doing just fine.
For Asians, it's that you can always do better. Both bring problems, but in academics, one idea is better...
I had an experience at an abroad American International School, and was thusly kicked in thine behind because of how far ahead the material was for the grade. I'm unsure if this is how private schools are in inside the US. Looking at the tuition now, it's anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000 per year depending on your grade.
We were enrolled in two languages by default, had clubs, and many different events we all took a part in. I never had this experience in the public schools in the USA, unfortunately. I'm guessing that the funding for the same experience in the US just isn't there. If we could bump our per-student-spending from $8.6k to $10k we could possibly see an increase in quality.
It's not that we don't spend enough money. It's that we are forced to spend so much counteracting (unsuccessfully) the effects of our deficient family structure. Schools are forced to spend a lot of money doing the things parents should be doing.
"Previously, schools had often been single groups of students with ages ranging from 6 to 14 years. With the introduction of age grading, multi-aged classrooms all but disappeared."
I blame Horace Mann. And Prussia.
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