Re: BusinessWeek: Science Education Myth



On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Russell wrote:

On Oct 26, 1:29 pm, rick++ <rick...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Theres sufficient number of Americans being educated for the jobs
available despite contrary opinions from certain employers and
educators:

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2007/sb20071025_82739...

Thank you.

"the report finds that our education system actually produces
more science and engineering graduates than the market
demands"

Years ago I've learned that rick++ either does not read anything I write, or if he does, he can't remember anything from it. Or, he prefers sources such as The Discovery Channel or BW or, etc.


Sufficient education for basic science and math literaacy for the
whole US population is another matter.

Agreed. Of course, those are not the only subjects that
people argue are not adequately mastered by some fraction
of the students.

In one restaurant my wife and I went to, we heard one of the waitresses telling another waitress that all of the waitresses had BS degrees and a big fraction had MS degrees. So, I'm wondering...do they have curricula majoring in "waiting"? (which includes order-taking, carrying trays, smiling, etc).

Cheers,
Russell


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