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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (58442)	3/1/2005 3:33:06 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 81568

Ukraine to get out of the Iraq mess... timesleader.com I think before long the only ones left behind will be US, UK and the cook from Palau. PS: Have the dancing girls from Vanuatu left yet?! ;-)

To: one_less who wrote (58442)	3/1/2005 3:35:02 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

<That is why I am suggesting Educational reform that is spear headed by the national governments.> And what exactly would be the incentive for them to give up their culture?

To: one_less who wrote (58442)	3/1/2005 4:06:37 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I agree that here in the US we are headed in the wrong direction whether we adopt "No Child Left Behind" or not. In either case we are moving backward. In the case of Third World countries, what you say would need a cultural change. So I think we need to start addressing our deteriorating situation and leave those countries to go their way. The Madrassas will die their own death with the age of the Internet and opening of the doors of knowledge resulting from this. Instead of sending troops into foreign lands, let us use those monies to fund computers and the Internet in every schools in countries like Pakistan, Indonesia etc. Similar to the Peace Corp programs of the 1960's where teachers from the US fanned out into the countries of Africa and Asian nations such as India. Today India is knocking on the doors of becoming a power, thanks to the vision of the US leaders such as JFK, Lyndon Johnson and the PL funds and aids to such nations.