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To: TimF who wrote (135904)	4/6/2001 1:53:39 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572376

Tim,about a week ago we were arguing the US's quality of life. A key component of that quality of life would be our educational system and a way of measuring that quality would be how our students compare to others in the world. Well recently, students from 38 countries were evaluated on the basis of two subjects, math and science. The US managed to come in 19th in math and 18th in science...approximately in the center and near the bottom of the developed countries...the bottom 15 were mostly 3rd world countries. Our showing, I believe, would have been much worse had countries like Sweden and Germany been included. Unfortunately, we were bested by much poorer countries like Hungary and the Slovak Republic. These numbers are an example of how the data you provided re GDP does not necessarily provide a true picture of this country's quality of life and its standing in the world. First, the comparisons are based on the dollar, the strongest currency in the world currently. Secondly, the a GDP per capita does not define how the money is spent. For an example, a star wars may make the paranoid sleep better at nite but does not necessarily improve one's quality of life. Just an addendum to our discussion. ted