Seriously, I am surprised by the Chinese work ethic. India too.
My colleague and I joke around all the time that in 20 years, India and China will be pulling the puppet strings attached to America. I joke, but it's not entirely out of the question.
For example, you call up Infiniti about your coupe/sedan on a weekend or late at night. After you navigate your way through the phone menu, you speak to a person. Do you know who you are talking to? Sometimes it's an American in Texas and other times it's a person in Bombay, India. I was surprised when this happened to me, but hey, that's capitalism for you.
All the while, Indians study us by watching Friends and other shows on American T.V. They come to our schools work in our firms and then go back to their native land.
I'm not knocking this at all. I'm not trying to instigate an us vs them mentality. But if the U.S. is not careful, and as the U.S. cuts education spending and becomes complacent with our youth, we will fall behind. It used to be that the nations creme de la creme came to America to study and then assimilate. Now, they study and go back home. If the U.S. is not careful, we could fall behind to the Chinese and India in terms of science, education, and commerce.
I am only speculating and don't have evidence to support my theory, but I get mad every once in a while at the American public school system and I am concerned about everyday classroom education.
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