Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:48:20 +0000 (UTC)

Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal@org.trash) wrote:
: On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:18:41 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: echomko_at_@polaris.umuc.edu (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: >: "Eric Chomko" <echomko_at_@polaris.umuc.edu> wrote
: >: > Perhaps, but our primary education system is second to none.
: >
: >: The American systemof primary education ranks at the bottom of the heap
: >: compared to the civilized world.
: >
: >: Every study on education quality confirms this.
: >
: >Please provide a reference to this. You do realize that "primary" is
: >college and "secondary is "K-12", right.

: You're probably one of the few people who "realizes" that, since it's
: wrong (as usual for you).

: "Primary" education refers to elementary school, also known as "grade
: school." Secondary education is high school.

See this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_education

I lived in West Germany 8 of my first 18 years. I never recalled, even in
American schools abroad, the term "primary education". FWIW, "K-12" and
"higher education" make more sense than "primary" and "secondary", IMO.

I should have stated, for clarity, that our "higher education" is second
to none.

...despite having given Rand a few degrees.

Eric

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