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Chapter 7: The Quiet Crisis

Chapter 7: The Quiet Crisis. By: Molly Stimac Dustin Wey . “ Close games for the Americans were rare in previous Olympics, but now it appears to be something the Americans should get used to.” AP article from Athens Olympic title “U.S. Men’s Basketball Team Narrowly Beats Greece.

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Chapter 7: The Quiet Crisis

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  1. Chapter 7: The Quiet Crisis By: Molly Stimac Dustin Wey

  2. “Close games for the Americans were rare in previous Olympics, but now it appears to be something the Americans should get used to.” AP article from Athens Olympic title “U.S. Men’s Basketball Team Narrowly Beats Greece. • The U.S. Olympic basketball team getting the Bronze medal for the first time since the addition of pro players, is a direct correlation to the flattening of the world from an intellectual stand point. • America, slowly loosing motivation for innovation. • Author cites three “dirty little secrets” when it comes to the loss of innovation in American society, allowing other countries to catch up.

  3. Dirty Little Secret #1 : The Numbers Gap • The people who became scientists and engineers during the Kennedy Era are reaching retirement age. • Not as many people are looking to become scientists and engineers as used to. • Foreign countries are producing many more scientists and engineers than the U.S. • Foreign scientists and engineers can do the work within their own country instead of having to come to the U.S. to do the work.

  4. Dirty Little Secret #2: The Ambition Gap • Author states that other countries are more motivated to work harder in school than students within the U.S. • Countries with out many natural resources must learn to specialize in human resources. • People from other countries are wanting to be the bosses of people within the U.S. instead of being content to just working for them.

  5. Dirty Little Secret #3: The Education Gap • Talent in foreign countries is just as educated but also cheaper to do the high end research. • Federal funding for U.S. research is declining. • The results for tests given around the world, the U.S. is showing only marginal improvements over earlier results where as foreign countries are improving on a more vast scale. • People receiving master’s and Ph.D. are declining when compared to other countries. • Kids in K-12 aren’t seeing computer science as a real career as much as foreign countries are.

  6. Discussion Questions • Are science and engineering fields being phased out in the U.S. and pushed to foreign countries? • Could the government get involved to some how create a higher interest in these two fields? • Will America become a non-factor in the world of research?

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