tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post7493573029300905261..comments2024-03-23T05:16:23.443-05:00Comments on The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-57042825275861091542008-02-14T15:22:00.000-05:002008-02-14T15:22:00.000-05:00I graduated high school with my diploma in hand wi...I graduated high school with my diploma in hand with a 4th grade understanding of math. I thought that the TV series M*A*S*H was about the Vietnam War, I had never heard of World War I, <BR/>I thought that the Soviet Union had killed the Jews in the Holocaust, had never read ONE classic - just modern crap - had no idea about famous American poets or authors (let alone world famous poets and authors...), I never learned grammar, had no idea how to write any kind of report or essay and couldn't even do long division or work with fractions. In short I WAS STUPID. When I went to college I realized how stupid I was and spent every year taking college classes while trying to figure out how to write papers at the same time! In my first geology lab I couldn't figure out what to do and the teacher stared at me in blank horror when I announced I had never learned algebra... Along with my regular classes I was taking remedial math and remedial chemistry (as in, high school math and chem!) in a desparate attempt to rise to college level. If I had not run away to marry my husband it would have taken me at LEAST ten years to earn a Bachelor's degree. At least!! Yeah, the American education system SUCKS. Now I'm studying on my own with home-school resources from Memoria Press. They have everything for learning a classical education! One of these days I won't be so stupid... maybe by the time I am 80....Michelle Theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185810008704682978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-43281458129015558172008-02-12T07:54:00.000-05:002008-02-12T07:54:00.000-05:00ATI,I agree that the ROC and HK are economic power...ATI,<BR/>I agree that the ROC and HK are economic powerhouses, to be sure... but do they qualify as economic <B>super</B>powers?<BR/><BR/>And the examples of Soewll that you cite are true, butthe three that I've cited are just the basics three required, I'm sure you'll agree.<BR/><BR/>Other factors, as you've pointed out, are in need as well.Kevin Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019976622801954677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-4269035691245468012008-02-11T18:03:00.000-05:002008-02-11T18:03:00.000-05:00I'm going to hold up the examples of Hong Kong and...I'm going to hold up the examples of Hong Kong and Taiwan to counter your Assertion #2. What's really needed are abundant opportunities for trade, and for the government in place to not steal too much from those who produce and / or trade. <BR/><BR/>One of the things Thomas Sowell points out is that Europe has abundant natural harbors, seaports, and navigable rivers, while Africa lacks these things. He credits the vast disparity in the development of European vs African economy and technology to this fact.Arkanabar Ilarsadinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098504849466846551noreply@blogger.com