[I_dream_of_Geni]

I've lived in Russia between 2003-2009. I am an engineer in the U.S. From the dozens of "engineers" in Russia I met, I found that the bulk of their college level teaching was basically babysitting. They had no real engineering knowledge, and to pass college exams was extraordinarily easy. It was an eye opener for me. They also severely compartmentalize their teaching and knowledge. A VERY intelligent IT engineer I met there accused me of trying to poison his family when I suggested using Sodium Hypochlorite to cleanse an obviously polluted well they used at their dacha. He had no clue about anything chemistry. Total zero. I subsequently found out that throughout the college levels, they basically are diploma mills, with a high level of 'degree inflation'. Not one college graduate I met there had any broad knowledge nor any knowledge or ability beyond an American high school.