Pisa 2012 results: which country does best at reading, maths and science?

Re:Pisa 2012 results: which country does best at reading, ma... by yapcguy on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @04:04PM (#6843186)

Sobering. Britain ranked 26th and the USA 36th.

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Re:Pisa 2012 results: which country does best at reading, ma... by DanBC on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @04:33PM (#6843349)

Can the UK use the excuse that English is a difficult language to learn? (Ignoring the fact that Australia ranks higher than the UK)

English feels difficult to learn, and part of that is the vast amount of language we get from other countries. Does Japanese have that problem? I know that they have Pan for bread which they got from Portuguese, but do they have as many imports as English?

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Re:Pisa 2012 results: which country does best at reading, ma... by dmoo on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @07:00PM (#6844105)

I guess not since Canada, New Zealand and Ireland are all higher as well.

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