Posted on 03/13/2006 8:40:36 PM PST by USMMA_83
I probably could have passed this in 12th grade when all this was fresh in my brain. I didn't go into engineering or science. Hence, my mind is now full of publishing knowledge--which is my profession.
Two other points.
1) They still have 300 million-400 million people living in poverty (roughly $1 / day).
2) Supply and demand. IF you are faced with the above, and these classes are your ticket out...
But the paradox is if too many people are crowding for the exits (so to speak) the price that such learning commands starts to drop. Hasn't happened yet, but give it time.
Oh, by the way, if they are such world beaters, why are publications like Outsourcing Business Week reporting that the Indian IT firms are outsourcing to China...?
Full Disclosure: What are the requirements to get into MIT or CalTech in the US?
Cheers!
I'm 65 but I think I could handle it OK but I would need to review about a month. However I am a Chemical Engineer, GPA 3.68. PBK. I also have 4 other degrees and experience and I worked the entire time I attended collage. Never had to spend a dime. My company paid for it all. I have a problem with spelling.
Where are the questions about how to fit a condom over a cucumber?
Most are making money in China running IT courses. Like NIIT.
Cheers!
These are just simple differential equations. Cramer's rule!! You're right, the formatting is crap, as well as some of the questions don't make sense. Who are they trying to bulldoze!! ROFLMAO!!
The physics questions are from a freshman engineering class! ???
That's a very important point that is never brought up when tests are shown comparing "high school seniors" in the U.S. to other countries. For instance, in Germany, a decision is made at about 14 as to whether a student will go on an academic pre-college track ("Gymnasium") or not. Almost half don't go to Gymnasium. In England, only the college-bound stay in school past age 16 (for "A-levels").
In the U.S., you have a small minority of kids who "drop out" before finishing high school. But in most other countries you have large percentages (40% in many countries) who branch off into non-academic tracks and are thus not included in comparisons to our HS seniors.
I'll bet if you just compared U.S. kids who take A.P. or Honors classes (which is probably a similar percentage of the U.S. high-school age population) to the academic-track, college-bound kids in other countries, U.S. kids would not fare any worse.
"Pigs get slaughtered!" "SELL SELL SELL!"
from Jim Cramer's Mad Money on MSNBC ;-)
PhD in molecular collision theory here...
Cheers!
Some fake poster for the Chinese website, I guess.
Here's the Indian site:
http://www.niit.com/tech/
Never saw the show. Working on Phd in engineering here.
I have a theory that can account for part of this. At least in Canada, someone with a science or math degree in the private sector can easily make 2-3x as much outside of public school teaching. Private school teachers also make much more than high school teachers (and the quality of the education recieved in especially math and science, by private school students, is much higher than that of public schoolers - I see the difference every year in freshman course performance).
You are still going to have incredible teachers in the public system, don't get me wrong. BUT...a lot of the best prospects for teaching are going to head for greener pastures (either industry or private schooling).
Contrast that to India. I read (and wish I could find the source again) that teaching math or science in an Indian school grants a very high pay relative to other jobs. You have a larger number of qualified personnel applying for the same ratio of teaching jobs, simply because the pay and benefits are better than elsewhere. From that larger pool you get better teachers. And MORE teachers.
It is a bit of a silly question- we are seeing the test cold, and I bet the majority of posters have been out of school 10+ years. However, if we had the time that Indian students have to study for the exam, I think many American students would be able to pass it.
Thank you. Thank you. Your post is perfect. I was feeling bad for a minute, but you are right. We had this a while back and could do it then and maybe even do some of it now. Like some have said, they are making two cents a day, but SOME of them can do that math and physics. Americans in general are intelligent, just a little lazy with math and science myself included. When needed, I passed both.
There are many much more important things to live for.
Of course no one wants to live in poverty...understood...but a lot of the pressure to perform is unnessesary.
I would rather not know math and be happy that be 'ahead' and miserable.
What are these guys going to do? Write a math book for a living? Why not do something practical?
That's true. The kids in other countries like India, Japan and China spend much more time studying than in the U.S. Our kids are more into sports and extra curricular activities and being real human beings.
That's a genius! Can't blame him.
Sometimes, the simplest solution is the right one. Occam's Razor?
It tends to be "process oriented" and not "creativity oriented"--which may be why India's so in love with it. That, and it gives management thw warm fuzzies to hear it.
(Tends to work best for large, hidebound bureaucracies that have the turning radius of an aircraft carrier, rather than startups and other nimble organizations...)
Cheers!
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