Which country has the better education system?

[appianway]

United States. I might be wrong on this, but I don't think the GPA has any negative scaling. I've always seen it as a better system since students can pick what they want and achieve.

GPAs in the US are masssiveelllllyyyy inflated for high school. Most people applying for top tier universities have GPAs which are close to 4.0 (and many have weighted GPAs which are far beyond). I really think that the flexibility offered to students in the US helps higher end students to achieve (as they can do research whilst at school, take college classes throughout high school...), but there's very little subject standardization (bar the SAT IIs and the APs, which only top students take anyway).

[FatnessFirst]

Australia. That's why there are a lot of exchange students and people who move to Australia for their childrens education. Although, the amount you learn is not much compared to schools in say Asia.

Oh god the schools in Asia.

When I was in grade 3 my school wanted the students(in my year level that is) to know all the names of the bones(from your meta tarsal all the way to your cranium), they also taught us in grade 2 the different types of stars (white dwarves yadi yadi ya...), a tinge of gravity and all these wtf cramming information in your brain... So when we moved to Australia, I found it easy UNTIL year 11.

Don't get me started that was only my science subject.

I also heard my friends were doing calculus when I was in year 9 or 10

So as what to everyone was saying, studying in Asia is like putting a  Fist in Uranus

[Camo]

The UK! Finish high school at 16

really?

It's more likely 17, but can be 16 in some cases. Then you have the choice of optional schooling. Best mate did year 11 then went to public college to become a child carer.

[lshak]

America's just confuses me, like I don't get what the hell a GPA is? their high schools look like so much fun though 

My friend from England went to school over here for a year or so and said it was so laid back compared to her school oveer there, but then again I go a crappy public school