Excellent! You know, I'm so tired of all those a-holes in the press carping on how U.S. students are falling behind in math and science. I don't see any of those guys going back to school to get PhDs in math. I mean, come one, Thomas Friedman is saying that we're going to fall behind in math and science and we need to get out there and bust our asses, but at the same time he's saying how some guy in India is going to be doing the same thing and he's going to take your job for 10% of the salary.
The question I have for Friedman and the other "geniuses" is this- why the hell would I spend several years earning an advanced degree in a really difficult subject when there are people in other countries competing at 10% of the cost. I'm not a protectionist at heart, but it seems to me that if U.S. leaders want U.S. students to study those fields, they ought to provide incentives rather than disincentives for someone to take such a gruelling career track. Sorry, it isn't Friday yet, but I just had to get that rant in. >"As the world economy becomes increasingly driven by 'Star Wars' >movies and handheld computer games, American students are uniquely >poised to lead the way," the Education Secretary said. "May the Force >be with them!" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158172 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
