In a Perfect World

by rrusczyk, Jan 5, 2007, 8:41 PM

Mathew forwarded me this article today. Imagine what education would be like if this weren't a joke. Sigh.

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That's a funny article. What if math was that competitive? :rotfl:

by kstan013, Jan 5, 2007, 8:52 PM

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The thing is that math *is* that competitive. At least, the jobs that top math students get are that competitive. Companies go to great lengths to hire top minds. Unfortunately, education isn't that competitive. That said, I must give Zuming Feng some major credit to waking the top private schools up to the fact that they are underserving their top math students. More and more of the top prep schools are now trying to find offerings for top mathematical problem solvers, and I believe that is almost entirely due to Zuming's success at Exeter.

by rrusczyk, Jan 5, 2007, 8:59 PM

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I WISH THAT STORY WAS TRUE....


More money surely could be used more wisely than for sports stadiums and entertainment.



Haha... why hoover? They should make it Grissom.... our program has fallen by a LOT since the 80s we need better teachers and everything and sponsorships :lol:

by now a ranger, Jan 5, 2007, 10:50 PM

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Interesting you brought up this point, my friend Jim Zhuang (himself a product of Stuyvesant, Stanford and now at Microsoft) just sent me this article on the opposite phenomenon:

"The Incredibles"

"In past eras, good high schools provided the educational foundation for an intellectual awakening in college. But for the mostly affluent students in private and competitive public schools — from T.J. (as Thomas Jefferson is known) to urban intellectual cocoons like Bronx Science and Stuyvesant — high school has become the defining academic experience. The much-touted leap to higher education has become more of a lateral step, or even a letdown."

by JackPo, Jan 8, 2007, 7:55 AM

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