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The author says they only have worked in the American system. Having worked in the USA, Japan, and Europe in academia I find that American academics don't typic
by mnky9800n 4y ago
The author says they only have worked in the American system. Having worked in the USA, Japan, and Europe in academia I find that American academics don't typically know the system in America isn't the same everywhere else.
- tough 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americentrism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americentrism Extends to anything really. Hard to know better when you never left your country. (Majority of Americans don't hold a Passport)
- ljlolel 4y agoMajority of Europeans haven’t left Europe. It’s true anywhere.
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- skissane 4y ago> Majority of Europeans haven’t left Europe. That’s not an apples-to-apples comparison. The US is a country, and Europe is a continent containing almost 50 separate countries. And before anyone says “US states are like countries”-the states of the US are no more “like countries” than the states of Germany are Only 40% of Americans own a passport, compared to 76% of people in the UK - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42586638 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42586638
- mnky9800n 4y agoI wonder what America would be like if it had 24 working languages like the EU. Lol.
- CRConrad 4y agoThen its states probably would be a bit like countries.
- skissane 4y agoIndia's states do have different languages, yet I've heard "our states are equivalent to Europe's countries" from Americans repeatedly, while I can't remember ever hearing the Indian equivalent (despite having many Indian colleagues and friends over the years)