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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.tbp.org/pubs/Features/W07Brown.pdf[/quote]

Science is like learning a foreign language.  It is better and easier to learn when young.  This is not how the US model works.

This is why science majors can easily float into liberal arts (I had an Engineering degree teaching my lit classes, etc.) and [b]I minored in English[/b] as a Biochem major, but late in life it is very hard for somebody who focused on liberal arts with only the requiste math/science classes for 13-15 years to all the sudden make the switch from "English or Poly Sci or Sociology' into Biochem, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.  It does happen (I have a [b]friend that[/b] was an English major at UVA [b]that [/b]is now an OB/GYN) but it is usually an anamoly.

Teaching scientific concepts and math young does not need to be done at the sacrifice of English, reading, etc. as the scores at STEM and specialized schools like ASFS show.  In fact, it can help strengthen them.  After all, reading is very much decoding.  I agree that countries like China, etc. have swung too far the other way.  There are no Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.  It is rote learning in a specific model, but I don't think that is what anyone is suggesting here.

Look at the girls in science program in DC and try and tell me it is not beneficial to offer this type of learning at a young age.  [/quote]

Ok, English minor. When referring to a PERSON, you use the pronoun WHO, not THAT. Also, any good English student knows not to leave a dangling "this," particularly in written form. Better stick to science. [/quote]

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