American education is definitely better

It never  ceases to amaze me when I see young children from America speak so confidently to their parent and strangers.  Everytime I see an American TV program I am stunned to see the ease with which they talk in contrast to our children. Ours are invariably shy.  They mumble and they look away and generally sound stupid.  I am not taking about conversing in English.  They lack a decent vocabulary even in their mother tongue. I always wonder why that is so.  Is is because they get a superior education in the US or is it that we do not talk to our children sensibly. Most American children even from India are very  articulate.  In India even when the child speaks in English at home they still sound childish.  Even 10 year olds cannot string a single sentence with clarity.  Our teachers are  equally bad.  Have you ever observed the way a man on the street talks say to a TV reporter. They are incapable of saying anything sensible.

Vijaya Kannan, Bangalore

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