lol, "exaggerated" by whom? i'm sure it's some putin goons talking
point, so progressive russians want to be contrarian on this subject,
but the fact remains: american public schools are mostly hell. unless
you were lucky enough to be born in the suburbs of a real city, like
new york, you're probably stuck somewhere between affirmative action
and forced busing disnyland, and Columbine training grounds. my wife
briefly went to a Baltimore inner city high school, and all she learned
was how to avoid bands of roaming diversities. meanwhile homogeneous
schools in suburbs and "country" are mostly there to teach you how to
play sportsball and salute the flag. your thesis about "you can learn
anything if you put your mind to it!" only applies in the cases of
ineffective educators, not in the cases where you have constant and
active deterrents, that make going to such schools a constant struggle.