I experienced this. We moved from the US to Sweden while I was in the middle of elementary school in the 90's. In the US there was very much the culture of "sc

I experienced this. We moved from the US to Sweden while I was in the middle of elementary school in the 90's. In the US there was very much the culture of "school sucks!", and when we were let out for summer vacation, everyone would cheer that school was out for summer! Imagine my surprise when we were let out for summer in Sweden and kids were crying they wouldn't meet teacher until next school year. Of course, there's also the variance in the schools I went to in the US and Sweden - the US one was more urban than where we ended up living in Sweden. But I remember there was much more of a media (TV) culture of "isn't school lame and boring?" with patronizing PSA style "no actually learning is cool!" propaganda that fooled nobody and actually served the opposite purpose