I did my last year of high school in a public US high school. I took some AP classes and some regular classes. The AP classes were probably better or at least

I did my last year of high school in a public US high school. I took some AP classes and some regular classes. The AP classes were probably better or at least on par with my private school Mexican high school. The regular classes were a grim perspective into the US education system. It felt mostly like a daycare for young adults. The way they treated us was closer to how you treat infants than 17 year olds. There was little to no hope for learning from the teachers, and no expectation from the students. Cheating was rampant. When I told my English teacher I had been admitted to UT Austin, his reaction was "no you weren't". The US takes good care of university bound students, but does a pretend job for for those that are not on that track.