Do American students seem less disciplined and less motivated compared to students from other countries?
We are the only nation that gives all children the right to a free education and requires them to stay in school until a certain age. In other countries, going to school is a privilege not open to many. The nature of humans is to want what is hard to get and to resist what is required. Also, in other countries students who misbehave are put out of school. In the US many groups seem to think that it is the school’s fault if students misbehave. Those who are left are those who behave. Here even students who disrupt the learning of others are legally forced to stay in school until they are 16 or so. Our teachers no longer are supported by many parents.
