Where's the rest of this discussion?

Full video here (this part takes place around the 45 min. mark)
http://youtu.be/ceEog1XS5OI

He calls the H-1B visa the genius visa, but that would better describe the O-1 visa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-1_visa

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Our real super weapon in the United States: 300 million wage-slaves fed shit and kept in the dark like fungus.

I'm not sure about the American education system, but here in Canada the dumbing down of it is appalling to me. It's been getting dumbed down in the name of being 'open minded' and other nonesense by people that don't understand basic reading, writing and arithmetic are not subjective studies and can't be taught in a everyone can do it how they feel manner. Our curriculum is being designed around 2+2=5 isn't 'wrong' it's just that a student applied a different method and should still get partial marks. Our schools are also implementing 'no-fail' policies that basically do away with the 'social stigma' attached to failing and insisting that all students pass each grade unless parents agree, teachers and all staff agree. It's no wonder our western standards are falling, as we are exploiting every last inch of the luxury we have to do so.

That said, I do believe comparisons of students here to those in places like say China are misleading. Shanghai may top the global charts on student results, but I question how complete those statistical methods are. China is very focused, and understands you don't need or even want EVERYONE to be an expert in politics, economics and astrophysics. As a result most people aren't going to go beyond our equivalent of middle years or maybe junior high before entering the workforce. The students that remain in school will be the best and brightest. If you then take ONLY students enrolled in high school from a place like that and compare it to the west, your numbers will of course badly favor the countries limiting student enrollment.

As I noted above, it's no reason for complacency. I'm spending hours and hours each week compensating and supplementing the education my kids aren't getting because of systematically flawed education system .

@bcglorf-It's been going-on in the United States for over 75 years, it's by design and insidious. You create a herd of dutiful putties who will jump like performing circus dogs into any barrel of shit you dish 'em.
Create entire generations of mentally incapacitated fools drunk on bread and ballgames, and the worlds' THEIR oyster.....covered in your sweat, blood, tears, and spinal fluid.