What is better?

In my opinion I would have to rate the US school Systems pretty low unlike Japans schooling systems. We the US have a disadvantage since we don't really take our schooling seriously and we focus more on how to get out of highschool and how to pass STARR rather than who and what jobs we will be doing with our lives. Japan takes more pressure on the state and on the kids although you do have options in japan to drop out of secondary schooling many students prefer to stay in school. Parents in Japan actually care about the kids education as well unlike the US. In conclusion the students of the US are having a disadvantage.