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To: a_chronic_whiner

That’s because they’re not afraid of mathematics and hard science. We used to teach those in high school also, once upon a time.


5 posted on 06/08/2008 4:03:05 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
We used to teach those in high school also, once upon a time.

..but today we teach them about the perils of global warming, and conflict resolution and loss of polar bear habitat..

9 posted on 06/08/2008 4:06:23 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: 1rudeboy
That’s because they’re not afraid of mathematics and hard science. We used to teach those in high school also, once upon a time.

Please stuff it with your put downs of Americans. Americans are going into fields that are profitable for them, that is called being smart, not being intellectually lazy.

13 posted on 06/08/2008 4:27:14 PM PDT by apt4truth
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not only that, but the media’s portrayal of smart people as objects of derision make most kids NOT WANT to study. Think of such things as Erckle etc.


18 posted on 06/09/2008 1:00:54 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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