AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
President Bush delivers the State of the Union to a joint session of Congress while Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, right, watch at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, in Washington
Posted on 02/01/2006 9:34:25 AM PST by NormsRevenge
But how do you get students really interested in math and science?
Everytime Bush opens his mouth he spends my money. Price theory will guarantee that we have enough math and science majors and/or investment, not central planners.
"Math is hard"- Barbie
"But how do you get students really interested in math and science?"
That is precisely the problem. Kids are more interested in drugs, clothes, sex, American idol, baseball, football, video games, etc. Who cares about science and mathematics? Throwing money at it will only encourage more 'foreigners" to come here, get education, get experience, and go back to India and China.
Does anyone here think that this money, apart from a total overhaul of the public school system, will solve our competitiveness problem with China in the next ten years.
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
President Bush delivers the State of the Union to a joint session of Congress while Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, right, watch at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, in Washington
This is why I agree with Tony Snow, that the SOTU speech was a 'C'.
No.
I just KNEW when the President spoke last night of all the wonderful 'initiatives' and such, what he was REALLY saying was: "We'll spend more of the taxpayer's money on....."
Especially considering that public schools- including public universities- spend an inordinate amount of time in sensitivity training, esteem building, and celebrating diversity.
Maybe we'll need to send kids to school year-round, in order to allow time to actually learn something important?
And building huge football stadiums.
It's all about entitlement programs and long overdue reforms across the board.
The left helped install and prop these pigs up for years.
While they may have provided much relief to many in need over the years , we are at the point where there are better ways to deal with the issues at hand and we must pursue solutions or pay even more dearly down the road financially and societally.
It seems that Everett Dirksen said it best.. a few dollars here , a few more dollars there and before ya know it, you're talking about some serious money.
The 'pass the major issues of our time onto future generations' attitude must and can be changed but only if rational folks are involved in those changes and implementing them.
Sadly, there are not enough of them in Congress today that agree, imo..
"High-tech leaders praised the proposal Tuesday night."
I'm sure they did. Now, if we can get them to stop sending tech jobs to India and other countries, there might be some work for all these kids.
Nope, they won't go back to India or China, they'll figure out a way to stay here and make the big bucks. Plus, they will have plenty of cheap labor to detail their cars and clean their bathrooms in the form of the kids who were more interested in drugs, clothes, sex, etc.
Well, we need to do something because what we're doing now apparently isn't working. Does anyone know the percentage of college degrees awarded in the math and science areas? Maybe we just need to allow more Asians into the US. They seem to excel at math and science.
I fear you are right.
To me, the problem is that we say that learning math and science only makes sense if you want to pursue a career in that area.
The fact is, regardless of your career, knowledge of math and science is critical to your success, even if you are an MBA. In today's economy, with its focus on technology, if you do not have an understanding of math and science, it puts you at a disadvantage, even if you don't go into a career directly as a scientists.
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