Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 19:47:31 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Carl Schmidt <carl@slackerbsd.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Another article, from the "other side" Message-ID: <20010927194731.A70182@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010927132438.A42742@slackerbsd.org>; from carl@slackerbsd.org on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 01:24:38PM -0400 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010926015428.01814630@threespace.com> <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>
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Carl Schmidt said on Sep 27, 2001 at 13:24:38: > > > > 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. > > > > Oi. We most certainly do not lead the world in education. 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. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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