The flexibility of the American education system is its greatest strength and weaknesses. Students can choose among a host of courses . This means they can change their major midway through college. This usually means that students in the US receive more exposure to a variety of subjects and, are more aware of their career options and opportunities. However, the downside is that they can avoid taking courses which are hard.
On analyzing the root of the problem, the general problem with the American education system is that it is designed so as not to hurt the self-esteem of any kid in class. So, the system is designed in such a way that nearly everyone can pass the high-school level.This leads to lowering the standards at the high school, in turn leading to lowering the standards for subsequent college programs
However, the flip side of the coin is that the Indian education and social systems are very hard on kids and completely ignore their feelings, opinions , ambitions.The preferred choice of learning is memorizing facts. These facts do help in the long run.However, the memorization approach to study does not allow and teach kids to think independently.The American school system lays stress on individual ability development , encourages kids to express themselves ,their opinions from an early age.As a result, most Americans are way better at getting their point across as compared to people from other countries.
However, again,the downside of this is that students in the US are more out-spoken do well in class and outside class too because they are more effective speakers. In the Indian system, the whole class reads books out aloud together in unison. This allows more timid students to participate and overcome their fear of public speaking. Both systems work, however, in the Indian system, just because you can't speak well, does not mean you don't do well in