Hi Nathan,
I agree with you that there are wide variations in the quality of public
schools in the US. Here in Tullahoma, TN, we have benefitted from the
influx of engineers and scientists that began when Harry Truman dedicated
the Arnold Engineering Development Center, to be built on the site of the
former Camp Forrest WWII training area. As these educated people moved in
to staff the new center, dedicated to the advancement of aircraft, engine,
and space technology for the future, they had a profound impact on the local
school system. Now, over 50 years later, the local school system continues
to turn out students who rank with top graduates around the country, and who
go on to pursue degrees in a variety of fields.
I arrived here in 1953, and have watched this development closely. With my
own three sons, we have a BS, an MS, and a PhD. Of four grandchildren who
attended the local schools, we have four college graduates and two medical
doctors. Such things are possible when dedicated, educated people get
involved with the local schools.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Economics
> You must be joking, Bill. Many things made America great, but the public
> school system is not one of them, unless you are fortunate enough to live
> in a place with good schools. My son was born in Tampa in 1989. The public
> schools there were so terrible that anyone who cared about their
> children's well being found a way to avoid them; the rich sent their kids
> to private schools, the others converted to Catholicism etc. so that they
> could send their offspring to good Catholic schools. We moved to New
> Jersey in 1990, and luckily enough we lived near Princeton. The good thing
> about college towns is that college professors are not paid enough to send
> their children to expensive private schools (we had one of those in our
> town) but since they care about education they get involved in the local
> school board etc., so the public schools in such places tend to be decent
> too. But those are the exceptions. The US has the world's best
> universities, but below that level it is the pits, wit
> h some rays of sunshine in places like Lawrenceville, NJ.
>
> Nathan
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> On Dec 26, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
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>> The thing that once made America great, is our system of universal
>> public
>> education. The fall of that system is going to lead to our downfall.
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