[nylug-talk] Does this situation in any way mirror what is happening in the tech sector?

[Miguel Gonzalez Castaños]

Sunny Dubey escribió:
> On Friday 21 September 2007 05:22:25 am Kevin Mark wrote:
>
>   
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7004581.stm
>> cheers,
>>     
>
> The article says:
>
> "They say doctors are competing for too few training posts because, while UK 
> graduates are increasing, they have to compete against overseas applicants."
>
> At least from what I've seen in my school Poly, this is true.  But for 
> different reasons.
>
> A large percentage of grad students today are from outside the country.  
> Schools like mine love oversea applicants because they don't get financial 
> aid (or much of it) and so they pay so top dollar in a more hassle free 
> manner.  So if we accept that everyone has a normal level of ethnocentrism, 
> local students may opt for programs that have a large pool of local 
> applicants and so schools like mine that already have few locals will 
> probably be seeing less of them.
>
> There was an article in the Times a month or two ago about the same happening 
> in Australia and some of the professors not being too pleased with the 
> student body.
>
>   
Education loans are something shocking for Europeans. We consider health 
care and education a right, not a priviledge of wealthy people. Sorry 
but It is what it seems in this country. Look around, no western country 
has the health care and education systems that you have.

I'm sorry to be so harsh, but this is the impression I got so far from 
the americans that I got to know.

Anyway We all will need to start studying chinese. Soon :)


Miguel