The space station is a remarkable accomplishment. Check out some amazing photos of it here:
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/07/6805662-ultimate-space-portrait-unveiled
While a variety of countries contributed significantly to it, it was American exceptionalism that made it even possible. Much credit goes to the Baby Boomer generation that is much maligned for a lot of reasons. Look what their sense of personal responsibility, can-do spirit and work ethic accomplished. Those were the engines behind a lot of American achievements in the second half of the last century.
There couldn't be clearer proof that science and math matter! Just as that generation's exceptionalism resulted in uprecedented accomplishments, including unparelleled economic growth, the current generations' failures to keep up in science and math will be our undoing if we don't fix it.
The 'old school' approach to education wasn't so bad was it? How are all those new enlightened approaches to education the past 30 years working out for us by comparison? Maybe it's time to go back to the basics in teaching, local control and parental responsibility to ensure our kids become educated?
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