BillW wrote:

>> And don't think this is only in american grade schools, etc. I
>> spent the year 1994-95 in Germany teaching computer stuff to people
>> in the MILITARY [ie, american soldiers overseas]. These guys were
>> horrid students...
>
>The US military hardly selects for good students...
>

Just the same, they felt they were "entitled" to high grades. Something
about, "well I'm here, so ....".

Bottom line is, youth is youth. When you're young, your job is to gain
knowledge - mainly by experiencing the world in all its good and bad.
If you live long enough, you may get a chance to turn this into wisdom.
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>
>> [singapore math program]
>
>Is that the one with 6 hours of classes and 8 hours of stduying/homework
>each day?  No thanks!  At least, not till the products of that educational
>system start changing the world...
>

OTOH, Singapore just "may" take over the world one day - at least
the high [thinking] ground.

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