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In this edition
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Where does US stand on the World's Education ranking?
Bill
Dodds once quoted, "Labor Day is a glorious holiday because
your child will be going back to school the next day. It would have
been called Independence Day, but that name was already taken."
It is back to school time, again. If there had been no school then
the parents would have been stressed beyond their limits!
Humor aside, we all know education is
a serious business. Unfortunately, United States does not do very
well on the world's education ranking. In a 2010 study
conducted by OECD of 60 countries, US ranks 14th in Reading, 25th
in Math and 17th in Science. Countries like South Korea, Finland,
Canada, New Zealand, Japan and Australia occupy the leader positions.
(Sorry, India is not part of the OECD study group.) On the IQ level
US
ranks 9th in the world behind Singapore, South Korea, Canada
and others. Despite all this gloomy rankings, US still leads in
the College education. In a study conducted by Universitas
21, US was ranked first followed by Sweden, Canada, Finland
and Denmark. This ranking was based on the number of publications
produced and participation level.
Truthfully, Statistics are so malleable
that you can bend the way you want with your data collection and
context parameters. At the end of the day, the purpose of education
is to liberate one's mind, to see things which has not been seen,
to connect things which has not been connected and to create things
which can fulfill human needs. Not everything of the above can be
taught at school. One has to go beyond the book of knowledge to
gain the necessary wisdom! As Al McGuire said, "I think everyone
should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months
as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really
be educated" ! Are you ready for such an extreme suggestion?
In
this edition, we have hand picked humors,thoughts and songs on "School"
theme to coincide with our "Back to School" month.. In
the health section we have covered information and new researches
about foods and low calorie diets. In addition we have picked some
beautiful fall pictures to add color to this issue. Last, but not
the least, take our "Pirate lingo's primer" to learn to
talk like a pirate in your day to day conversation. Read, enjoy
and share with your network!
- In the Brain-tickler category:
- Talk like a Pirate! The 5 As you must know ...
- In the Health Topic section:
- Learn about Food and gaining beauty by good health in the
article "Food for thought!"
- Learn about longevity study in the article- "Low calorie
diet = Long Life?: Is Calorie reduction beneficial?"
- In the English Song category:
- Listen to our English song Picks - Night theme!
- Listen to the picked songs continuously with our Jukebox!
- In the Seriously Funny section:
- Watch the clip - "It is the most wonderful time of
the year!"
- Read the humor, "Teaching Math ... a timeline!"
- Read the humor, "Moneywise ..."
- In the Surfboard section:
- Read the thought "I did not know how to teach, until
..."
- In the Tamil Picks section:
- Enjoy the 10 Tamil songs picked out of 15 songs we reviewed
for 'Tamil Songs: Back to School(Pallikoodam, Kalvi) picks.
- new Anniversary
Special: Enjoy the video picks continuously, on-demand
in our new video channel.
- Listen to the 15 best songs for 'Tamil Songs: Back to School
(Pallikoodam, Kalvi) theme.
- In the Recipe Spot section:
- Learn how to make "Bengali Style Egg Plant Fry"
at home.
- Nuggets:
- Don't miss to reflect on the thought and humor nuggets.
- "You have 40 minutes to write an essay on a football
match ..."- in Editor's desk section
- "Your body is a baggage" and "Neglecting
the diet ...." - in Health section
- "It is easy to tell ..." - in Surfboard section
- "Is education expensive?"- in Reader's footprint
section
- "Educated common sense ..." - in Your feedback
section
- Get Inspired by watching the video "You
are the limit. Break your limit."
As
always, we are very confident that you will enjoy our picks. Write
your feedback about this issue by clicking on the email icon. We
value your opinion, thoughts and time.
You have 40 minutes to write an essay on a football
match ...
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Teacher: Students, you have forty minutes to write an
essay on a football match.
Student: (After few minutes) Here’s my paper, sir.
Teacher: What did you manage to write so quickly?
Student: Match called off due to rain.
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