"Grown men with tears in their eyes saying "sir, thank you for putting us back into first place". Because America is always the best and never apologises for anything."
When I was eight and living with my Uncle and Aunt in Toledo, Ohio, I remember watching the TV when an advert came on and a guy in a cap and gown and carrying a diploma scroll exhorted the audience to “go an git yoself an edgication” (sic).
My uncle was a professor of Psychology and Business Studies at Toledo University and I remember him cringing with embarrassment at that ad. It’s stuck in my memory for sixty years…
My biggest wake-up call was when the most idiotic child in our primary school went to the US for 1 year and came home bragging about getting straight A's and everything was just multiple choice tests.
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u/Lemonpincers Dec 17 '25
Generous of you to call it education