Fascinating. I know that Indians and Chinese will work for less, and come here to get their advanced degrees. My own department is an excellent example of that. 15 undergrads in my class. 1 American graduate student versus probably 15 Taiwanese or Indians.
Education is the best chance, we all know that. But the problem is, how to educate the smart ones correctly and not hold them to the standards of the dumb kids. The liberals won't stand for it. For some reason they think everyone is created with equal minds. You have to push kids, not coddle them. We have similar threads to this in the 'failing' and 'wimps' threads.
I'm an engineer in training (one more semester until my BS [what a great acronym]) and yes, I know that being nerdy is not cool. Rappers and pro sports are cool. I always figured "let the stupid people be cool. When I get my degree and they are worthless I'll have my revenge." My Dad ingrained in me from a very early age that society does tend to be full of crap. I daresay most of us know that. But we are so focused on entertainment, for some reason the newest happenings of celebrity X gain more attention from more of the country than the newest non-fiction books about subject Y. I think that is pathetic. And I know I'm not alone in this.
For some reason, parents still believe that basic public education is good enough. It is not. I had a high school education that got me ready for University, but I also did every advanced subject (except for English) my high school offered. And I ignored the stupid people who made fun of me for taking advanced courses. And so did my classmates. To this day, every one of us are still in college or have just graduated. Society can do as it pleases. Some of us will not be bullied into sacrificing our futures on that altar of popularity.
But that still leaves the white elephant of price. Yes, I am going to cost more than someone from overseas with the same degree, but it costs more to live here than it does in China or India. And I don't know enough about econ to know what to do about that.
Okay, back to making myself smrter
Azi
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