Here in the USA, the concept of education has largely been replaced by "vegetation".  Our schools have been overrun by vegetators who appear to believe firmly that science and math, reading and composition, and other mundane educational goals are vastly overrated.  More important, they believe, are "multiculturalism", self-esteem, and sexual "education".  This is a prescription for disaster.  As a direct result of the efforts of these vegetators, we are not raising the next generation of innovators - but a generation of restroom attendants.

In India and in China, vegetation is not encouraged as it is in the USA,  They value education as American institutions do not.  And if we don't remove the feel-good vegetators with actual educators, America will drop like a rock tossed into a still pond.