Originally Posted by Fearless Leader

If what you say about your job is true? Please do NOT make the mistake of thinking that Emirates is such a great place to be.

As has been said before, the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence.

Leaving a good job to come here and fly "Airliners" is IMHO a recipe for disappointment.

As to US standards of education, all I can say is that if you allow your children to not study or do anything toward helping them with their education, then how can you make a statement that the education system is "not one of the best ones".

Stand up and force your children to work, we have already too many who sit back and do nothing , then having the audacity to blame the school system for their own inadequacies as a parent.

You brought them into this world, do not expect everyone else to do your work for you. There are plenty of children who have received excellent educations in the US.
Make the system work for you, not the other way around.

Originally Posted by QuagmireGiggity

That's one of the problems. People simply think the can put their kid in a private school and that's all they have to do.
The U.S. has the best college system in the world and the public schools that are sub par will continue to decline in places like California, Miami, D.C. I would rather have my kid in a normal school in BFE Iowa than a private Saudi Arabian rich kid school.