As I’m surrounded by evil atheists all day I sometimes forget that there are lots of nutty creationists still running around, causing havoc on the other side of the planet.
Not that I am a fan of government schools or government-managed anything (including scientific boards) but aren’t these the same creationists that complain about the very thing they are trying to do?
I mean, if creationists at ICR or the Discovery Institute really want to be even handed, why not teach every theocratic creation story from every belief system?
When living abroad some people feel more comfortable working and teaching at traditional institutions. In addition to language centers that are always hiring, if you live in a large city there is usually a couple of large international (English-only) schools that need qualified instructors.
I should point out that these jobs are much more serious and regimented than language centers, but also have a really good support network and monetary compensation. Be sure to check out Dave’s ESL for listings.　Here is some data regarding their popularity：
Another factor has been highlighted by Nick Brummitt of ISC Research. His investigations show that in April 2007 there were 4,179 “English-speaking international schools’, an increase of 146% in a period of seven years largely coinciding with the period of greater security concern. He estimates that there will be over 5,000 such schools by 2010 and 9,000 by 2020 and that the number of teachers at these schools will be:
154,000 in April 2007
188,000 in 2010
246,000 in 2015
303,000 in 2020
With the number of international school teachers needing to double in 12 or 13 years, the recruitment crisis is going to get worse.
Remember that memorable quote from Data in Star Trek? It looks like some brain surgeons/wetware hackers will usher in the rise of the Borg:
Since the neurons are so small, the system runs 100,000 times faster than the biological equivalent and 10 million times faster than a software simulation. “We can simulate a day in one second,†Meier notes.
I’m heading out of town for the weekend so here are some links to keep you busy:
- Interview with Penn Jillette (NY Times)
- North Korea not so bad after all (SAI)
- Get Your War On (GYWO)
- Definitive grad school depiction (Matt Groening)
- Apocalypse will never happen (War Nerd)
- Training a Binary Classifier with the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm (Geordie Rose, et al)
By the way, the recent piece on Iceland from Michael Lewis is somewhat interesting and semi-comical.
It is long, but both sides each have some interesting points.
My own thoughts: Pei scored some good points regarding the entrenchment of inefficient SOEs that focus on “seen” projects, however his solutions mire his overall thesis. Specifically, the call for progressive taxation on capital gains. If the PRC were to implement a capital gains tax there would potentially be a flight of private capital out of the country — the last thing that any country wants. Why would anyone promote a policy like this during a “credit crisis”?
As I’m surrounded by evil atheists all day I sometimes forget that there are lots of nutty creationists still running around, causing havoc on the other side of the planet.