@tvsej,
My partner is from Spain...and I've had a chance to view America and Americans through his eyes, and believe me, its' the most unpretty sight.
When he told me of his schooling and the requirements of students at the University, there is no way the majority of American students would be able endure a single semester....the standards are incredibly high.
Europeans and Asians score higher on college entrance exams, consistently.
The American public school systems are broken, and far too many students who cannot fulfill the basics (reading, writing and arithmetic) are being admitted to institutions of higher learning, to their detriment.
Americans have no business looking down their noses, at anybody.
The statistics and the scores don't lie.
Tell the truth, and shame the devil