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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: definitions of culture
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Date: Mon, 9-Mar-87 19:14:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  9 19:14:22 1987
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>         In terms of prestige there is no question the American schools far
>         outrank Canadian schools.  Of course prestige is not necessarily
>         highly correlated with quality, but in most cases at least some
>         correlation exists.

Trivial personal experience: The fellow who (easily) headed my 1956 Uof Toronto
Engineering Physics class went for graduate work to MIT (more prestige, right?).
When he came back with a Master's he reported that UofT education was MUCH
better.  He was greatly disappointed with MIT education.  I don't know
whether it still holds, but remember how much has been done in the US by
people educated in Canada, and how much could have been done in Canada by
Canadians, given the political will and effective public relations and
public self-confidence.  What we lack is the belief that our country is
as good as anyone else's, if it allows itself to be.  We don't lack talent
or training, just confidence and support.
-- 

Martin Taylor
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