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2004-11-18 Afghanistan/South Asia

India's child 'geniuses' never lost for an answer

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Posted by tipper 2004-11-18 2:44:46 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Think about that when your child tells you he wants to major in modern dance or womyn's studies...

Posted by Fred 2004-11-18 9:21:55 AM|| 2004-11-18 9:21:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The downside is that they will grow up to be the arrogant know-it-alls that my customers hire as the lowest cost IT solution, who won't follow my advice or RTFM when they run into problems running our product, consequently wasting my time, hurting my company's reputation, and driving me to drink, but I'm not bitter.

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2004-11-18 12:32:44 PM|| 2004-11-18 12:32:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Note the high correlation between educational spending and educational attainment. What does India spend per middle-class pupil? Maybe $100/yr?

Even adjusting for PPP, the joke is obvious: the best math and science students around the world come from miserably piss-poor countries (Russia, India, Hungary, etc) in which school budgets are a tiny fraction of what they are in the worst US slum. Tell me again why we need to increase annual primary/secondary school spending beyond the current average of $8,000 per pupil?

Posted by lex 2004-11-18 12:48:51 PM|| 2004-11-18 12:48:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 See what kids can do when they pick up a science textbook on occasion instead of some call to jihad?
Yeah, I know....not that the Islamonutz were watching that show......

Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-11-18 2:08:44 PM|| 2004-11-18 2:08:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Who does this kid think he is, Ken Jennings

Posted by Cheaderhead 2004-11-18 6:05:46 PM|| 2004-11-18 6:05:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, you really need to be a genius to work in a call centre.

Posted by Onionman 2004-11-18 10:22:34 PM|| 2004-11-18 10:22:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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