1. Education Systems: India & China vs. U.S<br />In the following video, through a short documental and the setting of a heated debate, we are given vivid examples of the World’s current competition over the quality education and economical growth resulting from the it.<br />American young man<br />-“Occasionally I do homework”. Like, over the weekend. Let’s see. On Monday I had to give a presentation in my macro-economics class and I started it on Sunday about 4:30, so I was on the computer doing that until 2: ooam<br />American young girl<br />-Because I wanna do pre-med, I know it’s gonna be a lot of studying… “It’s not gonna be as much fun.”My mom has always said that college was “kinda of a big step”… it does just where you kinda learn to balance free time and studying.<br />“I wanna join a sorority which obviously... You’re gonna party a lot, you know?! Have some fun!”<br />___________________________________________________<br />“Brains are everywhere. Discoveries can be made everywhere and industries built on those discoveries… also can be anywhere”.<br />Shirley Ann Jackson<br />Physicist & President<br />Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<br />CNBC report / script<br />You heard the argument that America’s schools have lost their edge… They are not graduating enough engineers. China and India turn out thousand more engineers than we do… and that means our future is at risk. What makes you believe that they are doing something more right than we are? <br />Host<br />Well, a couple of things… I went into the classrooms and saw how they were teaching them. I talked with students. I looked at their curriculum in detail and compared it to the American curriculum (or this one, one states is the American curriculum) did the same with China… and I hired people in both those countries, in technical jobs. I also own six companies; I hired people in those technical jobs... I am getting the best talent for high wage, high technology jobs in India and China <br />Bob Compton<br />Exec producer “two million minutes”<br />Well, there’s indeed a slice of Chinese and Indian schools that are educating kids at a very high level… and that’s good. The more middle class Chinese and Indian we have out there, the more customers for American goods, but Bob’s suggesting that our country is going to hell in a hand basket because the schools are the key of the economy. We’ve proved over the last several years that it’s not our schools that produce our great economy, it’s people like Bob. Bob will tell you himself he had a pretty bad education, he didn’t apply himself… but he’s a smart, creative guy once he got into the American Economic social and cultural system... “it’s not our schools that produced Bob; it’s our system which the Chinese and the Indians have a long way to go…”<br />Jay Matthews<br />Washington post education reporter<br />Short after setting these initial standpoints the debate is lead towards the cultural and political influence of these Asian countries on the advancement of their highly skilled students/professionals…<br />In order to find perfective jobs you need to be creative. The Chinese and Indian social systems discourage creativity … if you’re a creative system in China the political system isn’t going to let you go to the fore extent of that creativity.<br />Jay Matthews<br />Washington post education reporter<br />“Things have changed radically” I’m looking at education and their education is superior and it’s not just a tiny slice. We have 53million kids encaged through twelve here in America, in India they have 212million. In China they have 198million so a tiny slice of 200million, we’re talking about tens of millions of kids that are getting great education and you got to go say it!<br />Bob Compton<br />Exec producer “two million minutes”<br />Following these statistics the focus is put on the amount of HighSchool students in both America and Asia that will drop out school before senior year and the number of college students going into jobs later on. Then we see Bob Compton return to the original discussion about the work-quality and efficiency of foreigners at his multiple enterprises… to which Mr. Matthews respond with an interesting outlook.<br />Keep in mind that they are being hired by an American company that has all the creative talent, all the freedoms to do what you want to do with those companies. The reason why you’re successful is because you have the creativity that matches the creativity of your culture. The Chinese, unless they find you, they are gonna find much less ability and range to be able to pour out that creativity, because let me tell you, their political system…<br />Jay Matthews<br />Washington post education reporter<br />Alright!<br />Host<br />Jay, Jay you gotta head over India and China. You don’t know what you’re talking about! You gotta go visit there; it’s changed since you’ve been there, man (lol). Go to India! I’ll pay for your plane ticket.<br />Bob Compton<br />Exec producer “two million minutes”<br />You can go together from there!<br />Host<br />I’ll pay your way. Come with me!<br />Bob Compton<br />Exec producer “two million minutes”<br />What do you say Jay?<br />Host<br />Unfortunately the Washington post can accept any trips... but correspondents are already there, looking at it every day and they’re telling me exactly what’s happening<br />Jay Matthews<br />Washington post education reporter<br />Ok look we gotta leave it there guys. Here’s a take-away though. You both have fair points, though I have to say jay, Bob, one point that he does raise is: you gotta go! You got to go, right? I know you have great reporters and everything but..<br />Host<br />This is the end of the debate to which a question on- who has superiority in education is attached in…<br />