2009-01-27, 20:19 | Link #1481 | |
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depends on how good you are. the really really good ones will get a scholarship to place like yale or harvard. but the rest will have to settle its sites lower. one of the fundamental difference is that there is more people then schools and funding. The best schools gets more applicants then it has room for so it will put out some sort of selection program. The bigger the pool of applicants the stricter the selection criteria. On funding private schools receives no public funding except maybe tax free bonds. They get most of thier money by donations and careful management of it is investment. public university get some funding for the state but it stills relies substiantially on donations by the wealthy and former students. i am guessing but the french universities are completely funded the public with some small portion by donations.
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2009-01-27, 20:45 | Link #1482 | ||||||
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For me it's just the contrary of the association of people who just want to have everything for free in France, the university,the healthcare's insurance, the RMI for the ones who don't have a job , I do not know anymore about your RSA... All those things became established in your mentality as not a possibility but as an obligation. And that's the problem here. I am for a free heathcare's insurance , free school, helping the others in the need. This is all good and this is a good vision of what should be the solidarity inside one country , however your country has this but does not, didn't exploit it correctly which leaded to the situation you are in now. You don't have this individualism that will lead you to what is known as the american dream in the US. And that's where on the other hand, paradoxically when you begin to compare your country with the US system, you learn about how big you can be among others. Quote:
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Thats is not a thing to do, he is like you said your president, he is not like any French citizen, so he should behave as such. It just showed how much he can't control himself from my point of view. But nevermind, I think I really derailed the train of the discussion , it doesn't even look like a Silly/Odd New stories from around the world thread . I shall give it a rest, since I do not want people to be blind because of me Thanks I had a good time |
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2009-01-27, 21:08 | Link #1483 | |||||
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I don't know what to say, I trust your friend, but as she says it, it was as if that university was crap, while it's not the case. All in all, you can't (edit, I forgot the "not", sorry) take "one example" to prove that a university is bad. Anyway, about the exams and "compétition" in France, as I said, don't forget the preparatory classes, the national schools, and the business/economy schools (which are not free of charges, they are a special case). Quote:
About the individualism, I disagree. We produce a lot of people who are "capable". We can see it in the french companies. The ones i quoted for example, and in the fact that a lot of foreign companies come in france to recruit a lot of people from our Elite schools. We can see it in other areas too (people from our health schools as pointed it out ealier) etc. The only problem I see, and I admit it, is that not a lot of people who are not "white" become famous politicians. I admit it, there is obviously racism about that. But in all the other areas, it's not the case, I think. I know someone who did a National School, he is not "white" and never had any problem and succeed. About the american system, I am sorry to say that but I still prefer our system. And when it comes to show some limits. The USA are in the game too. We saw it a lot lately. Quote:
The problem is that now they don't want to do a step backward. Me I would have no problem because I care for my country. And this is not crazy and I hope the 35 hours will die, soon. Quote:
1- That person knew that the president was here and stayed in the way on purpose. 2- As I said, you don't talk like that to a president, whatever you are, old man or not. If you think that all the french only blamed sarkozy, you're wrong. A lot of us also blamed that other man who showed a very bad image of the french people. Last edited by Narona; 2009-01-27 at 21:27. Reason: I wrote "can" isntead of "can't" |
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2009-01-27, 21:37 | Link #1484 |
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Think you guys can take that to PM/profile board (or at least continue in the News Thread)
Not feeling any funnies in here lately *makes an attempt to place thread back on track* Daily Mail Train station affair Commuting in London will never be the same again Reactions of the public The making of the event
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2009-01-27, 21:44 | Link #1485 | |
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2009-01-28, 02:00 | Link #1488 | |
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2009-01-28, 03:01 | Link #1489 | |
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2009-01-28, 03:59 | Link #1490 | |
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The public had no freaking clue though, even if it is for an ad, it's still lovely to spread smiles and unite people all ages, races and faiths, esp with the UK being hit as hard as is it with the recession. It's definitely a moment i would have loved to have been part of. Glad you enjoyed
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2009-01-28, 23:10 | Link #1493 |
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