CompuServe Messages

Gary, There _are_ shortages in a lot of fields. Problem is, the shortages aren't just in men, but in funds as well. >> Even the grades schools are stressing the need for more math and science teaching, but why?? What are we preparing these kids for, empty job markets?? << Math and science in grade school are important because for the last twenty years or so, public schools' treatment of those subjects has been rotten and getting worse. The fact that people don't _understand_ math and science is what spawns pseudoscience and antiscience movements. Jon W.