Whistle Stop - Well said.

Bagpuss - Leidenfreude (I think)

I still say we have one of the most inclusive school systems. There is no separation of students into different schools based on their objectives (i.e. trade schools vs. prep schools, Gymnasium etc..). I agree that it is wrong to automatically advance students to the next grade when their particular objectives have not been met, but remember that our public schools try to include people with emotional and mental handicaps who may have different objectives. Overall ratings may be lower, but an AP student in the states is not inferior to an IB student in Europe and our Learning Disabled students may be better educated than they would be in England...Its not that we have a greater majority of uneducated...its that we count them all