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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Focus on training US citizens and giving rural and city kids a chance. The US imports way too much foreign talent.[/quote]

I agree in theory, but the US K-12 STEM curriculum is sh*t in most places. It is really hard/too late to correct for a poor foundation once the students are at the college and post-grad level, when you are talking about cutting edge research. That’s how you end up with school like Harvard having to add remedial math courses like pre-calculus to get some of their admits up to speed. [/quote]

It’s not either/or.  [b]We need to get our students better trained[/b] and we need to continue to attract the best from other countries. It’s what makes us powerful. [/quote]

That will never happen in a million years.  You need solid family support for this kind of education which is lacking in US. Most students are dealing with non-academic stuff.  The only option to get high achieveing American students are to have more naturalized Americans from Asian countries. Their kids (Asian-Americans) are killing it here. [/quote]

Yep. 
To be fair, Asian-American kids are dealing with plenty of non-academic stuff too. But the parents and extended family all prioritize and highly value education. It’s not about being a tiger mom, it’s just about priorities. Also these parents pay for their kids’ education so there is ideally no debt - then the kids pay for their kids’ education. It’s just values and priorities.

The cuts to science, engineering, and medicine are already destroying America as we know it….. but that is the plan of this administration, so i guess they are winning. Those who think otherwise just have no ability to see a bit into the future or are so self-focused and not personally affected yet but they will be soon. [/quote]

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