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Finland, overall.

In terms of cognitive skills, Finland comes out on top, while South Korea ranks the highest for educational attainment.

Here's the overall Top 10:1. Finland
2. South Korea
3. Hong Kong/China
4. Japan
5. Singapore
6. United Kingdom
7. Netherlands
8. New Zealand
9. Switzerland
10. Canada

More information about these findings.

Do any of the results surprise you?

  • 11.28.2012 8:59 PM PDT

Its obviously biased.

  • 11.28.2012 9:00 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Life is a journey, if you spend all of it with your nose in your map, you may miss some of the best parts.

Not at all.

  • 11.28.2012 9:00 PM PDT

"I will show you how a true Prussian officer fights!"

"And i will show you where the iron crosses grow..."

- "Cross of Iron"

America needs to get its crap together. Its so sad not seeing us even in the top 10...

  • 11.28.2012 9:00 PM PDT

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link =BWU_072310
Made it into the update!

No. As an educated American, I was shown a video on this particular topic and how much I'd actually have to compete to reach international recognition.

  • 11.28.2012 9:00 PM PDT

If I ever get AIDS, I'm going to sleep with another AIDS person so my AIDS cancel each other out, or I'm going to make the AIDS I already have worse.

Singapore, what? I thought they were a 3rd world country? What decade have I been living in!

  • 11.28.2012 9:00 PM PDT

Hold it right there.

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I guess I never expected Finland to be up there.

Though now that I think about it most, if not all, of these countries have a pretty good infrastructure.

  • 11.28.2012 9:01 PM PDT

Break the windowsill

The top five countries are also the most depressed. Funny how that works.

  • 11.28.2012 9:01 PM PDT

Singapore and New Zealand surprise me, I know nothing about them.

The U.K also surprised me, but then I remembered that best education =/= country with most educated people.

  • 11.28.2012 9:02 PM PDT
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Steam

I came into this thread thinking Sweden. Finland is totally what I meant.

  • 11.28.2012 9:02 PM PDT

Remember those times when we all had something better to be doing, but didn't do it? Those were good times. Gooood times

...Finland? The rest doesnt surprise me.

  • 11.28.2012 9:02 PM PDT

My noob spray brings all the boys to the yard

Doesn't surprise me at all.

  • 11.28.2012 9:02 PM PDT

FINLAND!!!

South Korea? -blam!- yeah.

  • 11.28.2012 9:02 PM PDT

Canada above the us awesome:).

  • 11.28.2012 9:02 PM PDT

"Banhammer" - Post anything in the Waypoint forums -50g

I misread South Korea for North Korea at number two and I'm like what the -blam!-

  • 11.28.2012 9:02 PM PDT

America's not even there?

Cmon, we're not that bad...

  • 11.28.2012 9:03 PM PDT

Skuldier? Never heard of him...


Posted by: jew man man
I came into this thread thinking Sweden. Finland is totally what I meant.


Someone in that general region.

  • 11.28.2012 9:03 PM PDT

Oh, -blam!-. Maybe it's all that pressure to get dem grades or something.

Posted by: RebelVElite
The top five countries are also the most depressed. Funny how that works.

  • 11.28.2012 9:03 PM PDT

Blah blah blah


Posted by: MartinOfRedwall
No. As an educated American, I was shown a video on this particular topic and how much I'd actually have to compete to reach international recognition.

Yes, but most people here are the minority of students in America. Most Americans can't even solve a quadratic.

  • 11.28.2012 9:03 PM PDT

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It was then that I decided he really is like semen(everywhere) and I gave up on life.


zoobkillerninja <3

Not in the slightest.

  • 11.28.2012 9:03 PM PDT

Es ist Zeit für einige Gefahr-pay

And yet, the US still ranks best for tertiary education.

[Edited on 11.28.2012 9:05 PM PST]

  • 11.28.2012 9:03 PM PDT

Per Audacia Ad Astra

Unsurprised.

  • 11.28.2012 9:04 PM PDT

I think this thread would be more interesting if you included the amount of money the governments of these countries spend on education, mostly because it's amazing how much money the US throws into education and how little it benefits us.

  • 11.28.2012 9:04 PM PDT
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No United States? I call bullocks.

  • 11.28.2012 9:04 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Life is a journey, if you spend all of it with your nose in your map, you may miss some of the best parts.


Posted by: Garem
America's not even there?

Cmon, we're not that bad...


False. We're awful.

  • 11.28.2012 9:04 PM PDT