Word: meritable
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...just numbers, is an issue. The élite who make it into university find that their centrally controlled curriculum is steeped in "Ho Chi Minh Thought," with the level of courses - from law to engineering to computer science - mediocre. Professors' pay and promotion are based on seniority, not merit, and they rarely publish in international journals. "Vietnam drastically needs education reform," says Adam Sitkoff, director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi...
...curriculum is steeped in "Ho Chi Minh Thought," and lags far behind other schools in Asia. The reforms that have seen a mushrooming of private enterprise in the communist-controlled society have yet to reach its more than 300 universities. Professors' pay and promotion is based on seniority, not merit, and they rarely publish in international journals...
...Johns High School, AlegrÃa served as student council president and was named a National Merit Scholar. In 2002, he competed in the International Math Olympiad in Glasgowe, finishing with a ranking of 431st in the world...
...such pieties set up a false choice. Of course, "by his own merit," Obama is fully qualified to be President. Every time Obama opens his mouth, he makes a mockery of concerns about his basic competence or experience, especially if we take the incumbent as a minimal standard. Beyond that low threshold, "merit" is nearly irrelevant to our concerns. Should we just give them all a PAT (Presidential Aptitude Test...
...thinks that. So obviously factors other than merit deserve our consideration when we decide for whom to vote. Starting with "Does he or she share my vision of the country?" (For example, "Will he appoint Justices less likely to cite bromides about color blindness as if that settled everything?") But beyond this, the President is unavoidably a symbol, and a presidential candidate's "essential qualities" include his or her race...