Report Quote #728

Swaney: The British visitors came to third period today. Jacob: Did they speak British? Swaney: *laughs* I probably shouldn't say this but... Amy Xiao was presenting on the European Union, and you could see their jaws drop. This was stuff they didn't know, and eleventh graders in America are learning it! [...] And then they stayed for my fifth-period on-level NSL class. The kids walked in the door and said, "Speak British! How do you say hello in Britain?" *laughs again* There's the entire spectrum of American education for you.