There is a big elephant in the room here - the terrible state of high school education in the US. In many (advanced) countries in the world you can be reasonabl

There is a big elephant in the room here - the terrible state of high school education in the US. In many (advanced) countries in the world you can be reasonably educated/knowledgeable with a high school diploma - Kant and Hegel (and Confucius and Buddha :-)) are discussed in classes.