udx Posted March 12, 2012 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 684 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 230 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/15/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2012 Beyond drill baby drill, time to hit the books. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/friedman-pass-the-books-hold-the-oil.html?_r=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joi Posted March 12, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 506 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 1,922 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 173 Days Won: 4 Joined: 06/12/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2012 Interesting read. In the comments a person said we need to spend more on education. Where has he been? We spend much more on education today and still our performance is down. Why? Children used to say 'I have an eighth grade education'. That education was something most college students of today do not achieve. Example: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/quizzes/8thgrade_test.cfm Education depends on who is running the store! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zemke Posted March 12, 2012 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,028 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 451 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/24/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) Interesting read. In the comments a person said we need to spend more on education. Where has he been? We spend much more on education today and still our performance is down. Why? Children used to say 'I have an eighth grade education'. That education was something most college students of today do not achieve. Example: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/quizzes/8thgrade_test.cfm Education depends on who is running the store! Ya I read the same comment. Funny how progressive solutions multiply the problem. The article was actually opposite what the commenter was saying. We pour so much into education and it's created a huge beast that needs fed all the time but it keeps getting worse. How many people have you heard say " I remember those tuff years, some of the best years of my life." or "I seemed so much happier back then but it's crazy because I had nothing." We relied on what we had, not the cash flow pouring in. Edited March 12, 2012 by ZEMKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted March 12, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.97 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted March 12, 2012 ...count its highly effective teachers, involved parents and committed students. The rub here - All the gov't can do is regulate the teachers (i.e. "No Child Left Behind"). Getting the parents to be involved and getting students to be committed though? Can government really do anything about these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joi Posted March 12, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 506 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 1,922 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 173 Days Won: 4 Joined: 06/12/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2012 Interesting read. In the comments a person said we need to spend more on education. Where has he been? We spend much more on education today and still our performance is down. Why? Children used to say 'I have an eighth grade education'. That education was something most college students of today do not achieve. Example: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/quizzes/8thgrade_test.cfm Education depends on who is running the store! Ya I read the same comment. Funny how progressive solutions multiply the problem. The article was actually opposite what the commenter was saying. We pour so much into education and it's created a huge beast that needs fed all the time but it keeps getting worse. How many people have you heard say " I remember those tuff years, some of the best years of my life." or "I seemed so much happier back then but it's crazy because I had nothing." We relied on what we had, not the cash flow pouring in. Well said ZEMKE. I remember people somewhat older than me saying they were poor but they didn't know it because everyone lived just like they did. I think we will soon be getting an opportunity to see how we can survive in hard times. When people have nothing they turn to God because they know that no one else can help them. This forces our reliance on Him and not on our income or welfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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