Comments on: Harvard goes to China to recruit math students http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard_goes_to_china_to_recru.html Independent. Conservative. Unruly. Fri, 25 May 2012 23:10:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Friendly Grizzly http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard_goes_to_china_to_recru.html#comment-90902 The Friendly Grizzly Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:40:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard-goes-to-china-to-recruit-math-students.php#comment-90902 <p>Take a look at the typical high school we have here. Big football fields, often there are fancy field-houses or locker room facilities, and the "jocks" get away with all manner of disciplinary nastiness all in the name of Sport.</p> <p>The same thing is true of colleges. In my field, I go through a lot of schools and colleges. The academic departments have the leaky roofs, the antique equipment, the run-down buildings. Then you walk across the campus and see the freshly-decorated locker rooms, the flawless new finish on the floor of the b-ball court, the reserved parking for the varsity teams.</p> <p>This is a condition we have brought on ourselves, people. That is why Tyrone Jackson gets page one in the local paper for throwing the winning touchdown, while Isadore Rabinowitz or Apu Patel, or Kome Sato may win the science fair or get that full-blown scholarship to MIT over a discover they made, but no one hears a word. We are a nation of jock sniffers.</p> Take a look at the typical high school we have here. Big football fields, often there are fancy field-houses or locker room facilities, and the “jocks” get away with all manner of disciplinary nastiness all in the name of Sport.

The same thing is true of colleges. In my field, I go through a lot of schools and colleges. The academic departments have the leaky roofs, the antique equipment, the run-down buildings. Then you walk across the campus and see the freshly-decorated locker rooms, the flawless new finish on the floor of the b-ball court, the reserved parking for the varsity teams.

This is a condition we have brought on ourselves, people. That is why Tyrone Jackson gets page one in the local paper for throwing the winning touchdown, while Isadore Rabinowitz or Apu Patel, or Kome Sato may win the science fair or get that full-blown scholarship to MIT over a discover they made, but no one hears a word. We are a nation of jock sniffers.

]]> By: helpunderdog http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard_goes_to_china_to_recru.html#comment-90901 helpunderdog Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:40:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard-goes-to-china-to-recruit-math-students.php#comment-90901 <p>Harvard is a private institution, therefore it is motivated by profit. China has money, lots of it. And has no problems paying bribes. Maybe China is paying off Harvard to accommodate Chinese students. Maybe rich Chinese parents are paying huge sums to get their kids in and Harvard has to make it look like they are legitimately enrolling students through honest searches. Maybe it plans to set up a university in Asia and wants to get their name out there amongst students who have never heard of Harvard. At the very least, some Chinese students may return and become (or are) wealthy in a booming China - Harvard is drooling buckets over lucrative endowments. <br /> Harvard looks after itself, not America or China.</p> Harvard is a private institution, therefore it is motivated by profit. China has money, lots of it. And has no problems paying bribes. Maybe China is paying off Harvard to accommodate Chinese students. Maybe rich Chinese parents are paying huge sums to get their kids in and Harvard has to make it look like they are legitimately enrolling students through honest searches. Maybe it plans to set up a university in Asia and wants to get their name out there amongst students who have never heard of Harvard. At the very least, some Chinese students may return and become (or are) wealthy in a booming China – Harvard is drooling buckets over lucrative endowments.
Harvard looks after itself, not America or China.

]]> By: radargeek http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard_goes_to_china_to_recru.html#comment-90900 radargeek Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:41:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard-goes-to-china-to-recruit-math-students.php#comment-90900 <p>What? At least our kids know how to put a condom on a cucumber!</p> What? At least our kids know how to put a condom on a cucumber!

]]> By: Junie http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard_goes_to_china_to_recru.html#comment-90899 Junie Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:11:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard-goes-to-china-to-recruit-math-students.php#comment-90899 <p>Why give scholarships to the Chinese when so many brilliant math students here in the US can't attend college because they can't afford it? It's a mute point anyway, soon Obamasan is giving everybody free tuition, right? </p> Why give scholarships to the Chinese when so many brilliant math students here in the US can’t attend college because they can’t afford it? It’s a mute point anyway, soon Obamasan is giving everybody free tuition, right?

]]> By: SlimFemme http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard_goes_to_china_to_recru.html#comment-90898 SlimFemme Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:30:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard-goes-to-china-to-recruit-math-students.php#comment-90898 <p>This has been an issue for years. Our public school system is doing a horrendous job in education. The U.S. is always last of industrialized nations when it comes to mathematics and science education. That's why the government should not be in the business of schooling!! There needs to be more independent schools.</p> This has been an issue for years. Our public school system is doing a horrendous job in education. The U.S. is always last of industrialized nations when it comes to mathematics and science education. That’s why the government should not be in the business of schooling!! There needs to be more independent schools.

]]> By: KWH http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard_goes_to_china_to_recru.html#comment-90897 KWH Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:36:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard-goes-to-china-to-recruit-math-students.php#comment-90897 <p>Aye, it that globalism I smell on the winds of change? Looks like it's going to be forced upon us and we don't have any choice.</p> Aye, it that globalism I smell on the winds of change? Looks like it’s going to be forced upon us and we don’t have any choice.

]]> By: getosama http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard_goes_to_china_to_recru.html#comment-90896 getosama Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:17:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2008/11/harvard-goes-to-china-to-recruit-math-students.php#comment-90896 <p>harvard to use lead paint on their walls?</p> harvard to use lead paint on their walls?

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