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Old 07-24-2013, 08:38 PM
 
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At par? Not quite. Other "liberal" countries are kicking your butt.
First off, you are arguing with a brick wall.

Secondly, South Korea and most of the rest of the top 5 aren't "liberal". Unless you consider things like a complete ban on abortion in SK "liberal" along with rapant racist attitudes and a host of other things I'm going to guess you aren't going to want to say are "liberal" viewpoints.
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Old 07-24-2013, 08:40 PM
 
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Basically many have become social meetings for the thugs of society. the 50's movie The black Board Jungle as spread.
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Old 07-24-2013, 08:45 PM
 
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Well, the point of college degrees is to get a job, not to keep getting more and more and more college degrees, right? Just sayin'.
I guess some get a bachelors to help them get a job. But there are many that go on to get higher degrees because they love the knowledge they obtain and it has nothing to do with getting a job. Some are like sponges who can't learn enough and they are very passionate about it...nothing wrong with that.
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Old 07-24-2013, 08:45 PM
 
Location: Japan
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Are you actually trying to tell me that Chinese brains are superior? Please say you're not!
Chinese legs are a little shorter on average. Chinese eyes are a little squintier. I assume you wouldn't argue these points. Why then do you sputter "Huh? What?" at the notion that Chinese brains process information a little better?
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Old 07-24-2013, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Denver Tech Center
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If you want better teachers - pay them!!

There is no longer much incentive to go into teaching when the pay keeps dropping and pensions keep getting beat up.

You get what you pay for.
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Old 07-24-2013, 08:54 PM
 
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I guess some get a bachelors to help them get a job. But there are many that go on to get higher degrees because they love the knowledge they obtain and it has nothing to do with getting a job. Some are like sponges who can't learn enough and they are very passionate about it...nothing wrong with that.
True.
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Old 07-24-2013, 08:55 PM
 
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Chinese legs are a little shorter on average. Chinese eyes are a little squintier. I assume you wouldn't argue these points. Why then do you sputter "Huh? What?" at the notion that Chinese brains process information a little better?
Chinese people are shorter for the same reason that Americans were once shorter - food supply and availability. Chinese people are getting taller.
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Old 07-24-2013, 08:57 PM
 
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Chinese legs are a little shorter on average. Chinese eyes are a little squintier. I assume you wouldn't argue these points. Why then do you sputter "Huh? What?" at the notion that Chinese brains process information a little better?
Most of those countries use statistical sampling bias....like if you just tested the Chicago preparatory schools and called that the US "average".

Skim off the bottom 10-20% to factory jobs at a young age and the "average" of what is left looks a whole lot better.
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Old 07-24-2013, 09:02 PM
 
Location: Lower east side of Toronto
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America is an empire- In order to maintain imperialism you have to plunder and exploit other human beings in other nations. In order to do this without moral guilt- you have to have a certain type of population- A populace that are programmed to look at non-Americans as things and not people- You must de-humanize the rest of the world/
The educational system must breed ignorance of reality...of human reality. It might not be intelligent or intentional- but a system of ignorance has formed. Americas are kept stupid because the collective stupidity seems to generate some sort of immoral prosperity SO THEY THINK
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Old 07-24-2013, 09:05 PM
 
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America is an empire- In order to maintain imperialism you have to plunder and exploit other human beings in other nations. In order to do this without moral guilt- you have to have a certain type of population- A populace that are programmed to look at non-Americans as things and not people- You must de-humanize the rest of the world/
The educational system must breed ignorance of reality...of human reality. It might not be intelligent or intentional- but a system of ignorance has formed. Americas are kept stupid because the collective stupidity seems to generate some sort of immoral prosperity SO THEY THINK

Oh please, you have no idea what you are talking about
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