Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:44:52 -0400 From: Carl Schmidt <carl@slackerbsd.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Another article, from the "other side" Message-ID: <20010927144451.A49398@slackerbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010927194731.A70182@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20010926125046.C1370@lpt.ens.fr> <20010926070519.A30531@blackhelicopters.org> <20010926132021.E1370@lpt.ens.fr> <20010926072915.A30655@blackhelicopters.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010927003714.01819658@threespace.com> <200109271345.f8RDjn116287@dungeon.home> <4.3.2.7.2.20010927100849.017f9938@threespace.com> <20010927171312.C56631@lpt.ens.fr> <20010927132438.A42742@slackerbsd.org> <20010927194731.A70182@lpt.ens.fr>
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--wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 07:47:31PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > Carl Schmidt said on Sep 27, 2001 at 13:24:38: > > >=20 > > > Yes, the US do spearhead the economy of the world, they are at the > > > technological cutting edge. In terms of economic policy, and also in > > > terms of the educational system (not mentioned by Sinclair, I think), > > > the US unquestionably got it right and everyone else is lagging far > > > behind. But I don't think that means one should not criticise the > > > foreign policy. And I certainly don't think the foreign policy is > > > justified by, or has any connection whatever with, these things. > > >=20 > >=20 > > Oi. We most certainly do not lead the world in education. >=20 > I meant, university education. The US has, what, 10 or 20 absolutely > top-class universities, and another 100 or 200 which are as good as > the best universities of many other countries? At least, that's what > the view from outside is like. Which is why people from everywhere in > the world want to go to the US for higher studies. Yes, I've also > read that school education can be pretty bad, especially in sciences > and mathematics. >=20 Yeah I agree. Some of the universities are top-notch but they require a dec= ent education from the beginning which isn't very likely if you're, for instanc= e, a Philadelphia inner-city school kid. You have very little chance of getting into a decent college if your teachers cannot teach or if your school administration doesn't focus on teaching and is more concerned with their o= wn salaries. You are right though, there are good colleges/universities here. It is just my opinion that it should not be a requirement to have to pay yo= ur way for an education. I'll acknowledge that currently we must pay to get through a decent college. However I think it would be a great thing to have free education. Free in the sense that teachers will teach because they care about the younger generations and they care about having everyone being able to learn at a higher level. Of course this is unlikely unless all of society were to change its ways into a non-capitalist way and did not have to earn money in order to live decently. It's a far-fetched thing to have happen in this country but it would be so nice if that were the case. --=20 Carl Schmidt Just like the pied piper led rats through the streets We dance like marionettes swaying to the symphony of destruction http://slackerbsd.org/ --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: NVF7MkZA3rsAif9B2Nhgx4RuIYneC9ib iQA/AwUBO7NzoywXrqm5p/cQEQKRAgCcDX4BewdlsQUVuxMrS9V7ORKHeYIAnivg qQr9TAa2aI2F3D+epL3VnL1K =rkWD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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