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Study Shows Good With Math Means Bad With People
Sylentmode writes "A recent study by Brookings Institution's Brown Center shows that students who are good with math are less likely to be happy, and are likely to have low confidence.
From the article "In essence, happiness is overrated" says study author Tom Loveless.
I wonder if Loveless is just a nickname, because he is so good with math."
What you should know about the "Brookings Institution Brown Center" ON EDUCATION POLICY (something the article left out)...
... ... and it's funded by people like Haim Saban, the media mogul:
Brookings Institution
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The Brookings Institution is a think tank, based in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
Brookings is devoted to public service through research and education in the social sciences, particularly in economics, government, and foreign policy".[1] Its stated principal purpose is "to aid in the development of sound public policies and to promote public understanding of issues of national importance."
The organization is currently headed by Strobe Talbott, a former Clinton administration appointee in the U.S. State Department
Haim Saban
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Haim Saban (1944 - ), a television and media mogul, is owner of Saban Media Group and is the former co-owner of Fox Family Worldwide. With an estimated current net worth of around $2.8 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 98-richest person in America.
1. I took the liberty to remove one little fact from the first two lines of the WP article I pasted into here, just nobody can say I am
bashing a powerful minority with a vicious lobby, the minority I do not mind but the lobby and its clout I absolutely despise.
2. I just googled for it and glanced over the two WP articles. There is probably tons of dirt on the net you can dig up on these people.