American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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Japanese schools do not have proms.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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