I disagree.
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I wasn't being sarcastic when I said above that people from communist and socialist countries think that way. It is true. Education is one of the few areas that communist and socialist countries do well in. And very likely is due to this factor.
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I think it is more to do with culture (ie Confucian, Jewish) not ideology. I attest to that since I am surrounded by siblings and their spouses with Ivy League Phds and Doctors. (Well obviously I am an exception to that.) In some cultures book-smart kids are celabrated as jocks are here.
If communist and socialist countries excells in academics, it is probably they are less exposed to the mass media, or don't have better extra curricular activies. I will probably have to look up some data to support this.