If America is so great Then why do we go to India to get the best brains in the world to"work" in america?

Question

Why do foreign countries have a better educational School System}? Maybe we study how they do things and I think it goes back to strong family ties and the unit of family?}

Answer 1

Its not that we are going to india for the best brains, we are sending jobs to india that can be outsourced because they are willing to work for pennies a day. American labor laws have set fairly high minimum wages which some companies have decided that they will just avoid paying by sending manufacturing, phone centers and internet related jobs overseas. Its been that way for years, it used to be mexico taiwan and china but now its india.

Answer 2

Good minds are where you find them whether in India, Russia, China, or the United States. I don't know that India has a "better" educational system, but some of the products of its educational system are very good. Also, the expectations of a family go a long way to shaping the educational success of its members.

Answer 3

nclb.

No child left behind.

It means teachers have to focus on the low end to bring them up to pass, rather than the high end to push them on.

Other systems, like india, require memoriziation for the first 4 years. Then you test. If you pass, you keep on in school, if you fail, you're doomed to labor. American's don't require 4th grades to memorize mulitplication anymore, much less other things.

In Japan, where you place on national tests will tell you what college you can get into and such, it's much more competitive. Japan does have a strong unit//family perspective.

I think it's primarily our choice to educate everyone that is slowing some down. Then you've got to balance classes between the smartest and the not-smartest, and have to deal with truancy and kids that don't wanna be there.

Answer 4

It isn't so much about the quality of education that they receive, as it is about their work ethic and the laws that protect them as workers.

Anyone with a Master's degree in, say, Computer Engineering, from the U.S. expects a high salary, a good work environment and full benefits.

On the other hand, a graduate of computer engineering in India might be willing to work for $10 an hour, 6 days a week with no benefits.

Answer 5

I suspect that it's not so much a matter of education, but rather a question of economics. Labor, even that of the "best brains in the world," is less expensive in India and other countries.

Answer 6

Other traditional countries are strong in those areas u mention. But the "brains" of the world come here because America is, in fact, so great. Controlled immigration is one of the things that makes it so. Both ideas fuel each other.

Answer 7

the main reason americans use foreign labor is not because of brains but because of cost and a lot of times the work is done in their own country for americans back at home.

Answer 8

A country may not have the best in all the fields.Wherever needed one can always go for the cheap and the best available.
While leaving some fields for others they can concentrate on other areas which may be more important to them.

Answer 9

I wouldn't say Americans go to India to get the best brains to work in America. They go to India to get the cheapest labour to work in America.

Answer 10

Not the "best" brains, but rather the "cheapest" brains. Foreign academics are better because they can enforce discipline and aren't required to bring the academics down to the lowest common denominator.