Wednesday, December 6, 2006

John Derbyshire (a mathematician, incidentally) is yelling about how stupid educational theory is. His rant ranges from the offensive

Girls are encouraged to act like boys by taking up advanced science, math, and strenuous sports, which few of them have any liking or aptitude for.

to the possibly offensive but also thought-provoking

American parents are now all resigned to the fact that they must beggar themselves to purchase college diplomas for their offspring, so that said offspring can get low-paid outsource-able office jobs, instead of having to descend to high-paid, un-outsource-able work like plumbing, carpentry, or electrical installation.

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