Quote Originally Posted by Cloud No.9
i thought you were laissez-faire milf. in that system the factory system and bread would not be a crime. it would be sorted out by society. which didn't quite work as the 19th century shows. same with child labour and health and safety. laissez-faire allows it.
No, that's anarchy. I'm a supporter of minarchy, not anarchy. Although yes, I have at least enough faith in Humanity that we would boycott a company which sold bread filled with poisons. Again: The 19th century Industrial Revolution is not analogous to the 21st century, when we've had a good 150 years of this and we know where the problems lie.

american education is worse than british. and especially scottish. i had an american friend of mine (exchange student) tell me that the maths she was doing was far more advanced than anything she had done (we are doing revision of logarithims right now). also the scottish system is far greater than the english. example. a higher is 3/4 of an a level course. but the higher course takes 1 year. the a level 2.
I don't know about Scottish education, but I can assure you that American children of equivalent age to me were doing math at least as advanced, and usually more advanced, than I was. Having looked at what my friends are doing here (Not entirely representative, but still a fair spread of people.), my school for example didn't teach us a single thing about matrices until we reached year 12 (Ie A-level). In America, children in year 10 (9th grade) do matrices. Oh, and Britain has no honors system, and nothing to actually help the more intelligent students reach their potential. Finally, the US system has far moer emphasis on actually helping parents know where their children are. My friends have report cards with their grades something like every three or four weeks. I dunno about you, but in my school we got two or three per year.

Now, I know there are plenty of flaws in the US education system. There are flaws in any system which has an end result of a grade or qualification. Both systems are failing the majority of their students. But the American one is still hanging on to some semblance of sanity, whilst Britain considers 47% not just a pass, but an 'A'.

and what the hell is wrong with that statue?
I know, right? Next to Lord Nelson, Sir Napier, King George IV, and Henry Havelock, in a square surrounded by the National Gallery, Canada House, St. Martin's-In-The-Field church, Admirality Arch, with four mighty bronze lions sculpted (Or so rumor has it) from the cannon of the French fleet Nelson repelled, and bordering The Mall, The Strand, Whitehall, and Charing Cross Road, there is an armless, naked, pregnant woman. I have no qualms with the disabled. Or the naked. Or women. Or pregnancy. But she's hardly a hero of the Empire, now is she? Glad we agree on at least one thing. =)