Progressive government has distorted "equal opportunity" to mean "equal outcome". This is the creed of the "99ers" and a recipie for societal suicide.
The correlary is: "From each, according to his ability, To each, according to his need". -Karl Marx YMMV, -John =============== > ...while the gifted kids are ignored. > > On 2/21/2012 6:07 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: >> I suspect we do better educating special needs children than most of >> those 25 >> countries. >> >> On 02/21/2012 02:33 PM, Tom Knox wrote: >>> Sadly I heard recently that the US is 27th in Math and 25th in Science. >>> I >>> challenge the old DXers too name 25 countries smarter then we are. I >>> cannot. >>> I guess that means we are not much better at geography. >>> Thomas Knox >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:39:31 -0800 >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ebay warning >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Steve<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Be cautious when straying off the tourist track over there. The Silk >>>>> Market >>>>> in Beijing for example. Showing interest in knock-off Rolex's in one >>>>> stall >>>> I bought a knock-off Rolex. But not exactly there. The seller was >>>> careful and kept them in the back. They had several different grades. >>>> He started at the top with one that looked OK but I wanted an >>>> obvious >>>> fake. >>>> >>>> At first China only offered low skill, low wage assembly line type >>>> labor. But now they graduate more engineers than the US does each >>>> year. We (in the US) are on the wrong end of an "education gap". >>>> This happened with Japan years ago. >>>> >>>> Look at ham radio in China. Here is it for the most part old men who >>>> remember the days of vacuum tubes and CW. In China it is a hobby for >>>> the young middle class, mostly trained engineers. >>>> >>>> >>>> Chris Albertson >>>> Redondo Beach, California >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
