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...city boy. He “stumbled in here,” spending many a lunch eating alone at the long tables of Annenberg. Walking in the Yard at night, Terry saw people run away from him without realizing he was the same person who sat behind them in math section...
Gingrich, formerly known for being “Mad as Hell,” as a 1994 Time magazine cover put it, started his speech by outlining the five greatest challenges he sees on the horizon for the country: national security, the failure of math and science education, the impending growth of China and India, an aging population, and defining an American civic culture...
...discussion of math and science education, Gingrich made a number of proposals. Among them, he said the government should pay seventh through twelfth graders to study math and science, which would motivate students to work in school instead of at McDonald?...
...believe that the failure of math and science education is a greater threat than any conceivable conventional war,” said Gingrich, quoting a report from a commission on which he sat that evaluated the greatest challenges for the country in the next 25 years. “If you want to be a part of the 21st century, if you want to compete against China and India, you have got to focus on doing better in math and science...
Gingrich also proposed cutting as much as $10,000 of interest from loans of college students who pursue degrees in math and science—a bill currently under consideration in Congress...