So in the US, math tests are multiple choice AND teachers don't even require the student to write down the process by which they've come to the conclusion?
Both of those seem unusual to me and I don't see how that method could possibly be beneficial in assessing knowledge.
I went to school in the US and never had a multiple choice math test that counted for a grade. We'd also almost always get no credit for failing to show our work on tests or homework.
The Florida standardized math tests and the SAT have fill-in math questions as well as multiple choice. Teachers themselves can choose whether the students must show their work for their tests. In my experience, most only check the answer, but some do check the work.
>It's annoying that such articles take it for granted that social network = FB / G+ way of doing things.
It's annoying when people are uptight about something that's merely pragmatic. They're talking about social networks people use and know about.
Including Diaspora, a network almost no one has ever heard about, would be completely counter intuitive. Diaspora simply isn't an alternative for the overwhelming majority of users of active social networks.
>The real issue is that developed countries refuse to import doctors.
That's completely ridiculous. Developed countries actively import doctors, going so far as to genuinely trying to lure them by advertising the kinds of salaries they can get.
Countries like Sweden, Norway, Germany, etc. now get significant numbers of their dcotors from abroad. Because their own population doesn't provide enough doctors. Additionally, the foreign ones tend to be cheaper (both because they're paid less but also because you don't need to put them through education).
It's so extreme that in some developing countries of Europe, half the doctors leave for the above-mentioned developed countries.
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