Bush grants valley's wishes - $136 Billion initiative to boost science, math

Mercury News ^ | 2/1/06 | Jim Puzzanghera

[FOG724]

But how do you get students really interested in math and science?

You teach them math and science. You use teachers that wanted to be math and science teachers. Enthusiasm is contagious.

[Waverunner]

Where do you think the 36 24 36 came from, they already understand multiplication.

[mlc9852]

LOL - I thought that was more like circumference!

[Codeograph]

"With no end game such as the space program or the SCSC to attract graduates from math, science or engineering programs, all Bush is doing is pre-loading the universities to produce McDonalds management trainees because the jobs that might utilize these graduates are being shipped to India and China."

Nope, they will be overqualified to be McDonalds management trainees because they will be able to add without having to use a calculator :-)

[Magnum44]

Price theory will guarantee that we have enough math and science majors and/or investment, not central planners.

That assumes a competitive teaching market, which is not available to most people these days.

If his program 'transfers' money from broken programs to ones that work, I am all for it.