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Scott Hildenbrand wrote:

The US is lacking in education.. Personally I like Europe's way of
thinking. They take an aptitude test to see what the child is good at.
Once the area is found the schooling is shifted into that direction, so
if they're good at engineering the schooling is keyed to make them
succeed at that.

Eh, glad to meet you Scott, but my take on US vs. European education is
just the opposite. In Europe, at least the parts I'm familiar with,
France and Germany, students take an exam at the age of 12 yr. old to
determine whether they will be going to university or technical
training. I don't like the stress that puts on people still in the
maturation process. Some kids can't read until they are seven because
their eye muscles are slow in developing, but they do develop. Hopefully
not after a traumatic encounter with the educational system. In Europe,
France at least, once you are admitted to a university (and you will
have the equivalent of an A.A. degree) you can kick back and float the
rest of the way, whereas here (we start at a deficit) you have to work
your heinie off to survive. My point is, let kids be kids. Let them
think that they can succeed. Then, when they are mature, they can
encounter university and say,"Boy, this is tough but I did it before,
and therefore, I can do it again". Not wanting to go chauvinistic but I
want to point out that American scientists seem to out produce everyone
else in Nobel Prizes.

Please don't bring up the fact that Henery Kissenger won a Nobel Peace
Prize, it would just cheapen the prestige.

Anyway, that's my two cents worth.

Thanks again for the web sites.
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Billy

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