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In article <1993Jan09.051645.7327@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
>    There is another way, but it may end up with problems similar to
>the ones in Japan.   Tie everything into education.   Make the top
>positions only available to those who graduate from the top schools.
>While this is perhaps even more controversial, it would certainly
>make education VERY important.   The bad news is that it would stress
>getting certain scores on tests, and doing well on exams above all else,
>and that doing well, not for learning's sake, but to get good jobs.

The obvious flaw here is that it assumes that the only (or most important)
way to learn something is by sitting in a classroom listening to a
professor.  By this standard, Thomas Edison couldn't get a job as anything
better than a bottle washer, and Steve Jobs wouldn't make it out of the mail
room.

--Brian