"By culture I mean teachers work hard to come up with questions that really help students understand fundamental concepts" This is not a part of the culture in

"By culture I mean teachers work hard to come up with questions that really help students understand fundamental concepts" This is not a part of the culture in any asian country. There is no culture around teachers working hard to come up with questions that help students understand fundamental concepts. Teachers in the US are struggling from economic situation. They are underpaid, underappreciated, and overworked which leads to poor performance. It is not students and families fault that America is so developed you can get by with lower quality education exceptionally well. The 'culture' , a word you are obsessed with and think is a solution rather than another form of bias, is that you dont need to have brains to be successful in the US. More and more asian people are leaning away from this. In fact look at this data from 2019 in India At undergraduate level the highest number (35.9%) of students are enrolled in arts/humanities/social sciences courses followed by science (16.5%), engineering and technology (13.5%) and commerce (14.1%), the All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) report revealed. Hmm...seems just like USA... not everyone in these countries is obsessed with becomining an engineer/doctor/lawyer. You are making conclusions through a small lens of what you see, ie anecdotal