<DIV>Far as I know this is correct, and not just in the FSU, but also in the whole ex-Bloc. But that probbaly has to do with it being a European-style school system with a different mission than with its being state socialist. I don't think Soviet education was superior to, say, German, French, or Italian education. jks Thiago Oppermann <thiago_oppermann@bigpond.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On 12/4/2003 12:41 AM, "lbo-talk-request@lbo-talk.org" <LBO-TALK-REQUEST@LBO-TALK.ORG>wrote: >> Economy of course worked better in unofficial sense than this and state >> support of health care and education at least provided care if not always >> easy to us and high quality, picture is more mixed. > > I've been told everyday healthcare was bad, but specialty health care > relatively good. I was under the impression that education in the Eastern Block was far superior to the US public school system, and not only in terms of percentages covered by the service? Is that wrong? If I remember it correctly, the spread was huge, particularly in math and science. Thiago Oppermann ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/mailsig/*http://tax.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Tax Center</a> - File online, calculators, forms, and more