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From: Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Ban coffee?
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:18:19 -0500
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Andy Trujillo wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:50:48 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you suggesting that China would not be completely open and honest?
>>> They have the best numbers.  Other countries wish they had those
>>> numbers.  But seriously..... it can be an issue.  When our provinces
>>> first started testing of all school students to monitor the quality of
>>> results of school boards the Catholic boards tended to show better
>>> performance and of course they were quick to claim it was because they
>>> education system was superior. It had a lot more to do with their lack
>>> of special education facilities. They sent their special needs students
>>> to the public school special ed classes. Who would have expected that
>>> they all those special needs kids would lower the average.
>>>
>>>  >
>>>  > I'm willing to believe they're smarter, but not on the basis
>>>  > of 104 vs. 97.
>>>
>>> It seems to depend on the site. The numbers are different. China tends
>>> to be at or near the top and the US tends to be well down the list.
>>> While there are slight differences in scores reported, the rankings are
>>> pretty consistent.
>>>
>>> I wonder about the cultural effects  on the IQ testing.  IQ tests are
>>> notoriously affected by language and culture.
>>
>> Da Hawaiians have close ties with the Chinese so we know that the
>> Chinese are indeed smarter than you or I. What isn't smart is to ever
>> underestimate the Chinese. My grandkids are part Chinese - that's a good
>> thing.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_Hawaii
>  >
>  >
> How do the Chinese name their children?
> 
> They drop silverware in the sink and listen to the sound it makes.

Nah, they don't have a sink, nor any siverware.

They skip a flat rock across a pond and listen for the sound.  Ching 
chang  chong.  What they hear will be the name.