I feel that for me and my wife, also from England, and
my children our future lies here. I can see the
divisions in the UK society, and understand the
frustration that a lot of people are feeling. And the
solution is not easy. Ultimately you've got to look for
solutions. The reasons why and the labels you put on
them don't really matter, certainly not in comparison to
what should be done. In a way it is easy from a
distance but can also be harder.

One thing is to try to change the mind set of people.
Obviously this can not be done overnight. Intelligence
in the UK seems to be equated with academic
success, but this is silly because you can fail one year
and pass the next. You can even practice IQ tests to
get better scores. This perception divides people .. 'oh
he's thicko. I'm smarter than you cos i got an A and
you a B. People just have different abilities and skills.
There is no skill that proves you have more
'intelligence' than other people. This whole
perception needs to be debunked.

Then there is the wealth perception.. I'm better than
you (more intelligent) because I've got more money.
Well what about that dustman who won the lottery?
You know the one I mean. kept on getting done for
assault! It doesn't really mean anything.

I too have worked in Japanese schools. In fact I've
taught in over fifty. There are lots of different ones.
The successful ones have a very strong sense of
community, and that's why their behaviour is very
good. I'm not going to debate what you mean by rote
and creative learning is because it is not as simple or
clear cut as people imagine. Also the kids usually
start about 9 and finish at 3, after 3 they do
sports/activites or go home. To me that's only 6 hours.
Sure some teachers almost live there but they only
actually teach about 12 hours a week. I'm thinking
about the strong community spirit and cooperative
classroom, that's what we should try to emulate. How
to acheive that.

re: Cybertiger @ 30 December 2008 at 20:21 -

On prof. Panarin's devotional exercises: the top most fun and a pleasure and greatest surprise is see some of the Americans saying in comments "yeah, right he is, US will surely get what "they" have deserved, and Russians speaking "oh, what a silly idiot, I feel shame for my diplomacy", and now many of the Russians call the top 5 elite Moscow university of Foreign Affairs a college.

re> the previous mapping band moved too high, sorry Stephen, have to ctrl-v with corrections approved. Please feel free to contact directly.

re> mr. John Pilger's article and comments, I'd add only a link to yet another trusted experts' OpiNION - www.theonion.com/content/news/terror_experts_warn_next_9_11
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Maybe the "proper" way of investment was about to mess up with businesses guaranteed by a narrow board of national informal structures, worldwide - Japanese, Chinese, Italian and Russian.

Also, a very narrow circle of investors share the sector of fast circulation of weaponry and ammos [Africa, Arabistan] and warfare/supply depot activities, watch their stocks rapidly growing .

They were in the know about habits of those youngster credit database programmers from Wall Street [drugs/hot cars/sex/debility/credits], and they could operate stealthly without rising havoc. As I heard somewhere, it is called "to push a cart", which means removing really valuable assets to a secure place. What US banks could do under these, very unconvinient, condion? They were living in patience and obedience, and getting yearly thanks from the boards of investors. Mostly, during last year banks were expecting for the 'reward' from National Reserve/social system of US, which needs were, at high tercentage, fed from outsourcing currencies in a range of national economics.

Of course, some kind of special inter-business relations were seen during the crisis, some kind of special services were kindly invited to serve and to protect... it gave a special flair to the events. Eye mean "RTFM" and "see you" for the new administration of United States from the present one. And, more problemous thing is like going to happen, and it's not dollar or pound falling as this is just a part of a very big mess which may cause broadbanding the sector of circulation of weapons.

Of course, trying to save and grow a personal cherished money tree in this CrazyEn Modern World needs more than being such a noob wanting to bring a touch of Hollywood brass into personal lifestyle [also banks working] and, OMG, buying stuff through internet!

But if you invest in activities like circulation of weapons on a low access level... you will also loose. Medium access level - you will loose or die once. High access level - you will die once. Money must turn, you know. And the true professionals will get their pension from the state.

Other sources of reliable income will mostly be drugs, prostitution in the washing machine, and other things we maybe all know. They are alternative sources of energy and natural resources. Problem of alt energy looks kind of chewed privately late night under one's pillow. And natural resources... we know there is an international battle, guys there just rise WWIII. Have teeth - go byte, drink all'eir blud, tear'em apart, man, live your war, chew your piece, you shark!

Ocean, you know...

Study, study and study [Lenin]...
...swimming [air3dit]

But the very source of money to keep it nurishing is poverty around, re: amanfromMars, 07 Jan 2009 at 14:35, "For many years now they have been importing drugs and selling them to the people and mainly the poor and minorities". With one little add-on for if any schiz will proclaim that he hears voices it is not necessarily MKU which combat or perimeter security use generally results in physical disorientation of an object of impact, and, for proper targeting the task, it is necessarily that a commanding voice should be reproduced on ELF/sublim argo/slow speech/coded message, which must have been mapped into object's core before and yes, during series of "sectant prayers" or when an object is given drugs. A Western voodoo, next to a so-called "jihadist" methodologies. They know heaven's shell is made of eternal rubber and can accept all the brave fugitives from this globe. In necessarily condition [sometimes it's enough to hear blows of heavy carpet bombing - best 7.63 HZ one may ever experience - especially if hunger and fear/blood/screams of pain around and if it's a child in the open who is a true "object" and subject of the operation of AF/artillery] - http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2008/12/pilger-british-...

...err... what were we talking about before... oh, poverty...

Do you still want to invest?

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writeon
You are not alone in your feelings of not knowing where you are at regarding the economic and political situation. Even the most emminent are at a loss.

CBI Director-General Richard Lambert is asking the same questions as some on here have been seeking the answers to,
"What kind of economy do we actually want the UK to have in five or ten years' time?...."
Quoted in the New Civil Engineer 28-12-08

Antileft

Why are you always on the cusp of hysteria? Why are you so quick to call other people 'idiots' 'fools' ect? Why are you so abusive? You are always demanding that people bow to you ridiculous demands that they answer you're trite, superficial, 'questions' You're agression is so tiresome, so childish.

You don't appear to understand the words you use, that's why I question your use of them. You need to get a dictionary and look at what these words mean before you use them. It's difficult, if not impossible, to debate with someone who misuses and doesn't understand common phrases, yet at the same time attacks others for being idiots, your favourite phrase. Everyone is an idiot accept you. That is a sign of mental illness, not superior intelligence.

You need to think more and develope humility. Overweening arrogance in someone that so clearly lacks knowledge, wisdom and education, is comical, rather than impressive. Most highly intelligent people I've met in my life have been quite modest, not braggarts, struting around pissing on other people and blowing their own trumphet, shouting about how intelligent they are compared to others.

i thought you were going to play golf Stephen ?