RE: Into The Sunrise: Young Americans increasingly head east to India
...and so do American jobs.
You're going to really hate hearing this, but the root cause of that is American "public" education and its use as a political indoctrination tool rather than an actual education system. Indian and Asian schools teach science and mathematics. American schools teach victimhood, political correctness, and socialism.
On a daily basis, my job puts me in contact with dozens of highly skilled and educated technical people. A lot of these people are the cream of the crop as far as the world of technology goes. Twenty years ago, around 10% of them had Indian and Asian names. Today, easily 50% of them do, maybe more. Twenty years ago, they had American college educations. Today, most of them have Asian and Indian undergraduate degrees and American postgraduate degrees. At least one-third of the people I deal with, who are of Asian descent, have a masters degree or better. I know of a dozen who are under 25 and have a doctorate.
I have asked many of them why they think this trend is what it is. They unanimously say that the schools, public and private, in India and Asia spend all their time teaching reading, math, and science. They also teach a work ethic. The attitude in Indian schools in particular is that each and every one of them can sink or swim, it is up to them. They are not taught that the government is their mommy and the schools don't waste time on social experimentation or idiot's follies like outcome-based education.
But Americans won't do anything about that. It is too easy for them to just whine about the way things are. They are being indoctrinated into the saintliness of their teachers and the inviolable sanctity of public education, so they will never look to the root cause. They will simply turn more power over to their unions and their government in the hope that they will do something about it.
You're going to really hate hearing this, but the root cause of that is American "public" education and its use as a political indoctrination tool rather than an actual education system. Indian and Asian schools teach science and mathematics. American schools teach victimhood, political correctness, and socialism.
On a daily basis, my job puts me in contact with dozens of highly skilled and educated technical people. A lot of these people are the cream of the crop as far as the world of technology goes. Twenty years ago, around 10% of them had Indian and Asian names. Today, easily 50% of them do, maybe more. Twenty years ago, they had American college educations. Today, most of them have Asian and Indian undergraduate degrees and American postgraduate degrees. At least one-third of the people I deal with, who are of Asian descent, have a masters degree or better. I know of a dozen who are under 25 and have a doctorate.
I have asked many of them why they think this trend is what it is. They unanimously say that the schools, public and private, in India and Asia spend all their time teaching reading, math, and science. They also teach a work ethic. The attitude in Indian schools in particular is that each and every one of them can sink or swim, it is up to them. They are not taught that the government is their mommy and the schools don't waste time on social experimentation or idiot's follies like outcome-based education.
But Americans won't do anything about that. It is too easy for them to just whine about the way things are. They are being indoctrinated into the saintliness of their teachers and the inviolable sanctity of public education, so they will never look to the root cause. They will simply turn more power over to their unions and their government in the hope that they will do something about it.
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