[Tfug] Cyber War -oh noes

[keith smith]

Failing the brightest was one of my arguments 
against H1B Visas a while back.

Why does bill gates import labor.  Why has he not used his wealth
and influence to identify the brightest and put them in an 
environment where they can be challenged beyond anything anyone
of us would have ever expected.

We are failing ourselves!

Why do we fail to identify, mentor, and push, while providing for
these people?
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Keith Smith




--- On Wed, 1/7/09, Glen Pfeiffer <glen at thepfeiffers.net> wrote:
From: Glen Pfeiffer <glen at thepfeiffers.net>
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Cyber War -oh noes
To: tfug at tfug.org
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 5:33 PM

On Wed Jan 07, 2009 at 03:38:52PM -0800, Bexley Hall wrote:
> How many folks can't "count change"?  Or, form a
"correct"
> sentence?  (or, write wItHoUt *abusing* punctuation!!  :> )
> 
> How many *question* what they are "told"?  How many know
> how to find their own "answer"?  :-/
> 
> <shrug>  Dunno.  Perhaps it is attributable to people having
> "less time" (?  then, where did all that time *go*?).

I think there are many possible causes, and likely more than one 
actual cause, for what you are describing. One might be that 
those who were once uneducated now have a middle or high school 
education and are able to contribute more to society. But they 
are still unable to perform at the level you expect.

You might have noticed that I listed a high school education 
above. That is because at the same time we are "not leaving any 
child behind" we are failing the brightest.

-- 
Glen 


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