U.S. Headed For Economic Disaster

[Humpy]

It can't be easy being a "has-been", knowing the competition is

close on the heels of one's largely overweight under achieving kids

:eek: :eek:

 

[SuperCruz]

Quote from perplexed:

Which answers? Like 1+1=3 ? Or maybe : The Earth lies on three whales?
It has nothing to do with imagination.If you get the right answer in a different way that is more simple ... You have used your imagination.
Like (maybe i'm wrong with the hero) Ferma. When teacher asked his class to sum all the numbers from 1 to 100 he made it this way: 100+1=101, 99+2=101...
So 101*50= 5,050.
While the others were puting together: 1+2+3+4...
Maybe any "imaganable" kid said at once: A million!

I like it. If you can't solve some equation... It's ok! Use your imagination! Put any number and the problem is solved.

How many Nobel prizes in Economy have Americans won? For the last 10 years? And what is the result?
Endless turmoils,crisises and like that.
Maybe this nobel show all political?

A wonderful post, perplexed It was very interesting and thought provoking, especially the math problem. Were you referring to Fermat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Fermat)? What a genius! :eek:

 

[aegis]

Quote from dozu888:

Having seen education systems in both China and the US, I actually have a different view.

The Chinese students (so are most students in developing countries) are bombarded with school work at early ages, so that they are indeed quite advanced in maths/science. However that takes away the time to develop their creativity and communication skills.

Kids in the US however, are more encouraged to focus on creativity, development of personal and social skills. Meanwhile, students with talent in maths/science are still given the opportunity to seek more challenges in these areas.

Which system is better? We can see the result - India/China are producing scientists, who come to the US to work in hi-tech areas. The US education system is producing business leaders and financial engineers (remember the creativity part?

These rankings of maths/science really don't mean a whole lot in terms of future competitiveness of a country. there are a lot more other factors that are much more important.

Bingo.

Most people have always sucked at math and science. Nothing new here. However, a college degree was never a minimum requirement in the past.

Indian professors, who can't put together a coherent sentence in English, are teaching grad students in American universities. That's why American corporations love H-1B's. Not only will they work for little money, but they don't expect to ever move into a managerial role because of their lack of communication skills. They can continue to work as engineering or lab technicians, but they'll eventually hit a glass ceiling with nowhere else to go.