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Re: The Chinese secret?



The western world is getting dumber and dumber.

We're breeding generations "B-Ark" passengers.

On 4/25/07, Dave Kahn <dkahn400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6589301.stm>

"Maths enthusiasts are being challenged to answer a sample question
from Chinese university entrance tests.

"The tests are set for prospective science undergraduates.

"The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry is offering a £500 prize to one
lucky but bright person who answers the question below correctly.

"It has also published a test used in a "well known and respected"
English university - the society is not naming it - to assess the
strength of incoming science undergraduates' maths skills."

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Dave...

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