It may be that ethically, morally, we (americas youth) are content with our charachter because we believe that when it comes to what matters, we are generally, mostly good people (something about a few bad apples) when it comes to tests, or money matters, those are only as important as we let them be, and I for one dont see why all these surface matters that people survey us on have so much importance on our charachters and who we are. It just makes for more guilt about something that shouldnt require the feeling of guilt.