Why are Germans less educated than Americans?

In Germany, only 34.3% of the population have a high school diploma, while in the USA 91.1% have a high school diploma. In Germany, only 18.5% have a university degree. In the USA, 10.5% have an associate degree and 37.9% have a bachelor's degree or higher. Why are Germans more averse to education than our…

Why do you have to learn analysis in computer science studies?

The other math lectures (Discrete Structures, Linear Algebra, Discrete Probability Theory and Numerical Programming) are certainly relevant for the computer science program and their content is required by some other courses. But I never needed analysis again. Why do they still torture students with it?

Why does Switzerland have an elite university despite its small size?

ETH Zurich is better than any German university (even better than TUM) and almost as good as the best American elite universities. And this despite the fact that there are about 10 times fewer people living in Switzerland than in Germany and 40 times fewer than in the USA. How does Switzerland manage this? Is…