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To: LindyBill who wrote (90934)	12/16/2004 11:18:39 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793812

It will be interesting to see how Arnold handles this. California Insider A Weblog by Sacramento Bee Columnist Daniel Weintraub December 16, 2004 Budget gap growing The budget gap Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will try to close when he proposes his spending plan next month has grown to $8 billion, or $1.3 billion more than projected by the legislative analyst just one month ago, the Los Angeles Times reports (registration required). This AP story provides a good overview of the stakes involved in the coming fight over the education budget. sacbee.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (90934)	12/16/2004 12:06:09 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793812

Anecdotal but-- introductory level courses are often taught by TA's who are in the process of getting those advanced degrees rather than the name professor. My oldest, the Rice grad from the Engineering school, had some very frustrating experiences with TAs for whom English was a second language. Not only was the material very difficult to try to grasp in lectures (imo-because the TA was still synthesizing and hadn't learned to "teach" it), the lectures were often incomprehensible due to the strong accents. His AP teachers in high school were generally the best in the school- ones who enjoyed the challenge of the brighter kids and wanted them to succeed. Teaching AP classes is considered a reward, at least here. We noticed at CW's graduation how many of the advanced degrees were from other countries, primarily Indian and Asian. Which has nothing to do with the topic, just an observation.