tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473579720535180332.post6331906000226464182..comments2023-03-21T06:42:58.267-05:00Comments on Mindless Math Mutterings: Shopping for TeachersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473579720535180332.post-30762275576836608492007-06-28T07:29:00.000-05:002007-06-28T07:29:00.000-05:00This is certainly the forces of globalism at work....This is certainly the forces of globalism at work. But it is also another sad statement about where we are as a nation when it comes to math and science. We've known about this shortage for a long time. We've seen this teacher shortage coming and yet we're still unprepared to deal with it.<BR/><BR/>It is an early lesson for our children in global economics but it also sends the message that there just aren't enough qualified people here in our own country. Hopefully they don't begin to believe that it's because people in other countries are smarter than we are. <BR/><BR/>I know that they aren't "smarter" than we are, I believe that they are just getting a better education when it comes to math and science.concernedCTparenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755180042426047454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473579720535180332.post-22423243236840612952007-06-28T06:55:00.000-05:002007-06-28T06:55:00.000-05:00I hope it isn't rude or ethnocentrist of me to say...I hope it isn't rude or ethnocentrist of me to say that they had better make sure they find people whose accents aren't too thick. I had an Indian prof in Calc III, which is hard enough even when you can understand what exactly your instructor said.<BR/><BR/>Excluding that, it sounds like globalism at its best.Mr. Lucchesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489214765844797652noreply@blogger.com