[JumpCrisscross]

> Are Universities in Europe really that high quality?

Anecdote from a friend studying biochemistry in Milan, but mind-blowing. Apparently, he was the only one in his graduate class to know how to use a pipette and other basic lab equipment. Until that point, their training had been purely theoretical.

There are a lot of other problems in a similar vein. But the quality of American high-access, high-quality higher education from a practical perspective is a solid counterpoint to the European model of high-access, low-cost.

[tinco]

That's weird, basic glassware use including pipette is part of the national final grading in The Netherlands, I guess there's differences across the EU.

[mixmastamyk]

Reminds me of the Feynman story where he goes to Brazil. May be a southern/latin Europe thing?

https://v.cx/2010/04/feynman-brazil-education