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Totally correct! Most education comparisons are Apples to Samsungs. While the national average might not be the highest, the top students are amazing!
by BatFastard 9y ago
Totally correct! Most education comparisons are Apples to Samsungs. While the national average might not be the highest, the top students are amazing!
- creaghpatr 9y agoNot to mention volume- the US has way more chances to develop the next genius from sheer numbers alone. Works the same way with Olympic sports.
- Cyph0n 9y agoI'm still waiting for a decent men's soccer team...
- evgen 9y agoKinda hard when other, more lucrative, sports steal most of your domestic talent. There is a reason the women's team is dominant in a way that then men's team is not, but the fact that a good US player really has to leave the country and take a gamble that most US collegiate athletes do not require does not help.
- Cyph0n 9y agoSorry, but it just doesn't make sense. You just can't make excuses anymore. What happened this time around is beyond acceptable imo. Iceland, with a population of ~300,000, was able to qualify in (arguably) the toughest region in the world. The US has about 1000 people for every Icelandic citizen, and yet we couldn't even qualify in (arguably) the EASIEST region in the world. I'm simply dumbfounded by how bad the US team is. Let's just hope we get there next time.
- smsm42 9y agoNobody (within small margin of error) cares for soccer in the US. So, no good team.
- Cyph0n 9y agoTell that to the ~50,000 people who attend basically every Atlanta United game. The thing is, we aren't just "bad": we're terrible by any standard out there. It's borderline pitiful. And look at how good the women's team is... One of my "countries of origin" has basically qualified at least (Tunisia). Now we wait for Australia...
- jimbokun 9y agoCrap, can't escape the depression of a World Cup without the US, even in Hacker News.