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Re: The Looting to Come
Were shackles removed from the people in USSR? Was it a subdeveloped or developing economy? In any case, I am happy I was able to get benefits of the russian public education: any sport was free of charge; almost free of charge musical education (any parent who didn’t drink and was interested in their kids was able to afford it); great math and very solid sciences education; and even American literature … any of my classmates knows and understands it better than most Americans in the US IT world. Languages, history, philosophy and political science were really behind. There was no sex education whatsoever. (The rate of abortions was probably the highest in the world.) There were lots of propaganda in schools, but since my generation was extremely skeptical of “all things government” including papers and TV, it didn’t stick with us. I was lucky to be born after Stalin died and emigrate before the USSR collapsed.
I know lots of russian scientists, mathematicians, computer programmers here in US, young and old, and all of them are very concerned with their kids education. (I live in CA). The US elementary and middle school education is the most often discussed subject among Russians/used to be USSR immigrants. Almost all parents “from there” are doing something because doing nothing is not an option. Some go back to Russia for two - three years with one objective only: to provide the foundation for the solid math and science education, some homeschool, some supplement by subscribing to Russian math schools/universities classes for kids doing written assignments, some bring russian math books with them and study at home by using the Russian curriculum.
However, I came across of a good article about teaching so I have hopes for my grandchildren to get benefits of the American education one day:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201001/good-teaching
Please do not tell me that this Obama’s initiative in education is as bogus as his economic initiatives. It will be hard to take.
There inlies the problem in the line of thinking of many. The developed countries did not advance because of education. They advanced because the shackles were literally removed from the people.
I know lots of russian scientists, mathematicians, computer programmers here in US, young and old, and all of them are very concerned with their kids education. (I live in CA). The US elementary and middle school education is the most often discussed subject among Russians/used to be USSR immigrants. Almost all parents “from there” are doing something because doing nothing is not an option. Some go back to Russia for two - three years with one objective only: to provide the foundation for the solid math and science education, some homeschool, some supplement by subscribing to Russian math schools/universities classes for kids doing written assignments, some bring russian math books with them and study at home by using the Russian curriculum.
However, I came across of a good article about teaching so I have hopes for my grandchildren to get benefits of the American education one day:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201001/good-teaching
Please do not tell me that this Obama’s initiative in education is as bogus as his economic initiatives. It will be hard to take.
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