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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by chillacy on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:07PM (#13832067)
I can confirm based on my Texan friend who voted for Trump that when he sees so many foreign students, he thinks of the potential American students that were "displaced" by them. I put displaced in quotes because it's not true that they could all be backfilled by americans (there are only so many people who graduate with an undergrad degree in EE or Physics each year).
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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by bdamm on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:11PM (#13832126)
It's a shame American primary education can't turn out enough educated Americans to fill the gap.
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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by bluedino on Thursday March 09, 2017 @03:11PM (#13833016)
Not enough parents aren't pushing the kids to succeed and go on. The schools aren't the problem.
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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by komali2 on Thursday March 09, 2017 @04:38PM (#13833971)
The schools aren't the problem? How do you think the parents got into a position where they don't push their kids to succeed? Have you been to an inner-city school? How about a school in Mississippi or South Carolina?

The government defunded the schools and created a culture of anti-intellectualism. Fixing education is just about as perfect a solution you can get to the myriad of problems this country faces.

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