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...tapping rubber and growing bananas, rice and coconuts, yet parents have already raised 5,400 baht (about $160)-the equivalent of a monthly salary in these parts-to build a temporary classroom. Others have donated wood and roofing, which now lies ready in the schoolyard, or have offered to labor for free. "The parents are very supportive," says Mayakoh. "Some gave 100 baht, some gave 1,000. It lifts my heart...
...occupiers. Therefore, we must unite." Without claiming responsibility for the arson attack, the leaflet explains that schools are targeted because they are "symbols of the Siamese infidel occupier." It continues: "This is a warning to our brothers and sisters: do not assist the occupier, or cooperate in terms of labor or goods in kind. To help them with labor, money or goods in kind is haram [forbidden]." It is signed by Pejuang Kemerdekaan Pattani, which translates as "Liberation Fighters of Pattani...
...successfully adapt and meet the challenges will be more likely to have stable or growing paychecks. But lots of people will not have the ability to switch quickly to jobs that cater to local customers. Inevitably, Western Europe and the U.S. will become less competitive in the expanded global labor market, and their paychecks will shrink as work migrates to places where it can be done for lower pay. They will need a safety net to catch them. "Displaced workers deserve retraining," says Stephen Roach, for what he calls "the inevitable global labor arbitrage." American policymakers could borrow a page...
...readying for a storm of competition, America in particular must return to basics. The most critical building block is education. Despite years of hand-wringing and higher spending than that of other industrialized nations, U.S. schools threaten to leave the nation less competitive in global labor markets. A barrage of test scores shows American students are already far behind the world's academic leaders. U.S. universities are still considered the best in the world. But compared with their international peers, American eighth graders in 2003 ranked 14th in math-just beating out Lithuania's kids-and ninth in the world...
With her little education and total ignorance of the real world, Zou had little choice but to turn to physical labor. After stints carrying sacks on a construction site and selling lamb kebabs in the street, she ended up as a masseuse in a public bathhouse earning $60 a month. Her fate isn't unusual. A weightlifting coach explained to the Beijing News that Zou wasn't the only retired weightlifter struggling with the real world. "Zou's national medals are worthless. There are world champions who end up jobless after retirement...