Byline: John Ketzenberger

Oct. 7--Two million minutes.

It's the amount of time that passes from the moment a kid enters high school to the moment he or she graduates.

What happens to those kids in between is what worries Bob Compton. His hour-long documentary on the subject should make us all stop and think. The film, "2 Million Minutes," was made with two veterans of the "Frontline" series. It follows six kids -- two in Carmel, two in Bangalore, India, and two in Shanghai, China. The kids are all smart and full of optimism.

The difference is found in their attitudes toward education. "The Chinese and the Indians treat education and intellectual pursuits the ...