Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My God but some people are sarcasm challenged. ;-) On 3/20/06 10:52 PM, "Keith R. Wessel" <keith@wesselphoto.com> wrote: > B.D. > > Get over it. Some of us lurkers enjoy this stuff ;-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 9:08 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: US educational inadequacy? > > >> And this has what to do with Leicas? I think we need another list > started - >> the AIAEUG - Asians In American Education UG. Come on, people, let's get >> back to the stuff that really maters - like how to trim the leader on a >> roll of PanX for a Lieca O. >> >> ___ >> Sent with SnapperMail >> www.snappermail.com >> >> ...... Original Message ....... >> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:55:32 -0500 lrzeitlin@optonline.net wrote: >> " >> "US university education is the jewel in our educational crown. Nearly a >> quarter of the students in graduate programs in the US are foreign >> citizens. I served as a Visiting Professor in both the UK and India and I >> know that admission to an American university is regarded as a cherished >> prize. >> " >> "Most recently I taught in the Doctoral program of the Graduate School of >> Business at the City University of New York. A high percentage of our >> students were from Asia (Japan, Taiwan, India and lately from China). The >> students were clearly the best and the brightest. They were sent by their >> employers to get the finest education the world had to offer. Their > tuition >> was modest, largely subsidized by New York taxpayers. The students sought >> currently practiced cutting edge business methods, not the obsolete >> textbook stuff written by tenure seeking scholars. Many of the faculty > were >> Adjunct Professors who, in their day jobs, were high ranking executives in >> financial, merchandizing, and pro >> "duct design firms in the New York area. The students learned well. After >> three or four years they received their MBAs or PhDs and most returned to >> their home countries. >> " >> "These are the guys running the companies that are eating our lunch. In > the >> words of the immortal Pogo, "We have met the enemy and they are us." >> " >> "Larry Z >> " >> "_______________________________________________ >> "Leica Users Group. >> "See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information