Vitaliy wrote:

>>> 2)  Governments always foul up education.
>>
>> I don't know... I think the education I got in Germany was pretty good
>> (government).
> 
> Wasn't one of the reasons why they cut off the flow of people b/w GDR and 
> FRG, was because the young graduates were leaving East Germany to seek 
> employment in West Germany?

I don't know what time you are talking about, but when they first closed
the border around 1950, the question was not about young graduates, it was
simply about people running away from Russian occupation. The flow
continued, moving more towards financial and general liberty issues, and if
the young had a bigger share, it was probably mostly because trying to get
out was not easy and often physically demanding. 

I didn't understand where you were trying to get at with your comment in
this context. I don't think the flow from GDR to FDR had anything to do
with education quality on either side of the border.


>>> And businesses will quickly realize that a "rounded" graduate is more
>>> valuable.
>> 
>> That's doubtful. They sometimes have difficulty planning for longer
>> than the next quarter, much less the next quarter century.
> 
> I like to believe that such businesses die out by process of natural 
> selection. :)

That would be good, but so far we're all waiting for this to happen. In the
meantime, the bigger the businesses, the more rampant they are.

Gerhard

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