tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568091996048915629.post4791311575722457382..comments2023-10-17T09:47:59.837-06:00Comments on Essays by Sean: Universities Are No Longer NormalSean Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13724844971087639706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568091996048915629.post-20640940058023694112016-11-08T22:43:05.842-07:002016-11-08T22:43:05.842-07:00adam@mail.postmanllc.netadam@mail.postmanllc.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568091996048915629.post-88125099027884085192016-11-04T16:11:06.696-06:002016-11-04T16:11:06.696-06:00It's annoying. I gather that U.S. citizens are...It's annoying. I gather that U.S. citizens are angry about their secondary schools but feel helpless.<br /><br />According to essayist Paul Graham, the European universities, in stark contrast to the U.S., are all about equally good, as in Canada. (Graham prefers the U.S. system of "magnet universities")<br /><br />Presumably this is possible because Europe has good high schools, with no stigma for being of normal intelligence and therefore going on to a trade. In the book "To Sir With Love" the kids in their final grade are about 15 years old.<br /><br />When I was a boy it was common that European children who came to America would be a grade level ahead of their age group. I don't know about today.<br /><br />I am looking forward to seeing Moore's movie.Sean Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13724844971087639706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568091996048915629.post-80207443767435965612016-11-04T10:25:14.760-06:002016-11-04T10:25:14.760-06:00The dumbing down of our citizens is taking place o...The dumbing down of our citizens is taking place on college and university campuses all over North America. Also, these institutions are no longer affordable for the average young person. Have you seen Michael Moore's Where do we Invade Next? documentary? It is brilliant. While we are dumbing down our students, European countries are smartening up their's from infancy on. Many countries have free university. One European nation even bans private schools for youngsters and pours their money into well-run exceptional public schools where the children of the rich and the children of the poor get the same high quality education. Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870883859708947421noreply@blogger.com