[lbo-talk] A College Education Without Job Prospects

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Wed Dec 6 10:08:40 PST 2006


Sujeet Bhatt wrote:


> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/business/worldbusiness/30college.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5088partner=rssnyt&en=23907b6b6f9b384e&ex=1322542800&emc=rss
>
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> The New York Times
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> A College Education Without Job Prospects
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> By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
> Published: November 30, 2006
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> MUMBAI, India, Nov. 29 — The job market for Indian college graduates
> is split sharply in two. With a robust handshake, a placeless accent
> and a confident walk, you can get a $300-a-month job with Citibank or
> Microsoft. With a limp handshake and a thick accent, you might peddle
> credit cards door to door for $2 a day.
>
This divide also exists in the U.S. school system. Where No Child Left Behind is a plan for public school rote training. Anyone who can avoid this has some chance for a critical thinking kind of education.

Joanna



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