I agree with you ; the staunch supporters of the Indian system are those who work abroad.Perhaps the Indian schooling teaches you to survive in the heavy competing world. But where is the creativity ? I just don't understand comparing the Indian with the US Scool system , why not with the other European countries. The Americans live on the imported brains . If one really wants to improve education - one should respect the teacher - the teacher should respect the kid and his job - and of course a huge investment of taxpayer's money instead of cramming up Pythagorus theorem