2 Million Mins. Reflection

What this video made well aware was that the Americans of the United States are loosing their competitive edge. Through out this video it goes back and forth veiwing three different schools in completly different places. one being in the U.S. one in China and one in India. The video then ranked the schools in order from greatest to least with china at the top and the United States at the bottom. Which seemed odd because chine and india are so poor compared to america or at least thats what they say? when all we see here if lack of jobs and pay to take care of our families. All our money goes to taxes and yet nothing changes we could have a better school system but our government decides to spend money else where, where its more important in places like abortion clinics and swiss bank accounts... Yes we have it easier here then people elsewhere but we too have to work for it. you dont just get things handed to you not now, not ever. Another reason for their higher acedemics could be that they spend more time in school then us, longer days and longer school year. A man even mentioned in the video that in the last 25 years our school systems have failed and are completly broken is that our faults? We dont get to choose the teachers, we cant control how parents raise their kids, we dont get to decide where our money goes.... so it is broken schools or a broken government thats the question? I also found it interesting that they scored so much higher then us and were so much smarter then us and went to school to be engineers and biology but yet that wasnt what they wanted to do... all they wanted to do was come to the u.s. and enjoy their lives where they coiuld make their own decisions and find their own happiness. what you put into life is what you get out of life, no matter where you are or where you go to school. Numbers do NOT define us as human beings, but our charecter and hard work do... You never hear at a funeral oh this person had a 4.0 GPA and aced every test in their lives and scored the highest on their state exams... No, istead you hear about all the great things they achived for instance, time served in the military, or volunteer work through a charity or organization, or how they lived life to its fullest. So the Question is are you living by the numbers, or are you living life? food for thought!