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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]
Asian-Americans are good at regurgitating overly prepped info. It is the culture. Good or bad. 
But you need creative minds for ground-breaking research. Look at the demographics of pretty much all the great inventors. You'll see what I mean.[/quote]

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