Again, an anecdote. It is a piece of narrative representative to the idea that yes, US education is particularly self-embellishing (and thus evoking this connotation in the human mind, with availability and representativeness heuristics etc.), but it's insignificant evidence towards concluding that. Argument-as-soldier, dark arts.

The problem with the argument remains the same no matter whether the conclusion is correct, and whether the intention is to enlighten or to deceive.