Academics And Identity In The United States

Does every high schooler live life similarly around the world? You might think so, but there are vastly different standards of academics and identity in different countries. In the United States, we are often centered around standardized tests, while other countries focus more on lectures, conversation, and essays that demonstrate your knowledge. In America, one could get a scholarship before applying to a college based off a high scoring PSAT. Likewise, Americans gain identity from things separate to academics, there are sports that can get you into college and successful, while many other countries do not have that. In India and China, once you get into academics, it is work and nothing else. Indian students attend school on the weekends
and their identification is derived from whether they are a good student or not. In these places, that is the only gauge of success which will get you into a good school, provide a job and lead to success. Some views of American school is that we have optional homework and study only if we want to since it is unimportant. For some, this may be true, but I see how sometimes students here take school just as importantly and hard as those in these aforementioned countries, although the standards still cause much distinction in the lives of these diverse students.