... quite sad. But the traditions and festivals are not the only things that are poles apart in India and U.S.A. The schooling system is yet another example of how different the two places are. In India the education system is quite outdated. The textbooks used are often a decade old and no revisions ... end up just cramming the information for the exams and then letting it out on the paper in the form of lengthy notes. The answers themselves end up looking like professional essays. The worst part is that even the professors expect such long answers from the students and grades are awarded ...

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