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From: cgc@luna (C.G. Christophe)
Subject: Re: My Manifesto
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Mark Eaton (marke@nwlink.com) wrote:
: In article <47vuk5$mmt@mailnews.kub.nl>, casimir <casimir@kub.nl> wrote:

: > jpl@stat.mps.ohio-state.edu (John P Lawrence) wrote:
: > >
: > > 
: > > We all hope that this thread will end soon,
: > 
: > Certainly not, we all love this thread, but now we will have 
: > to say that we just looked at internet at the barber, at the
: > newsstand or in the supermarket. For Europeans, the discussion gives
: > a fine view of US academic habits
: > 
: > Rommert Casimir, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

: I guess it won't explain why so many Europeans go to school in the US.
: Most probably because it doesn't give a fine view of US academic habits.

That sounds just a bit arrogant.
Have you tried European schools.
I have studied both in France and the US and am now teaching in England.
Each system has strengths and weaknesses, advantages and disadvantages.
Let us try not to be so Boolean about things.
 - Christophe -
