Quote Originally Posted by Lemurmania
It's a good point. If enough children get taught Intelligent Design and other faith-based sciences, the rest of us will look like freakin' geniuses. Hello, guaranteed employment! There's a bright side to everything ...
Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio
No welcome to a Salem lynch mob killing the scientist er witch for stating something outside the holy books...
Nice. It's all the Republican Christians' fault that America is falling behind in education. I'd point out that one doesn't need to follow Darwin to build missiles or program operating systems, but I don't think it'll make much difference.

Quote Originally Posted by bmolsson
I am not sure this is true. The American educational system have a lot of immigrants, but most of them actually stay in US after they graduated. US has weaknesses, but I don't think high studies is one of them.....
Really? I'd like to see some numbers, one way or another. I was under the impression that people come to the US, study, then leave to get an American job that's been shipped off. Am I wrong?