Yes. I was addressing the thankless foreigners who enter the country for a free education and bail before we have proper payback. I was not addressing you. Sorry for the misunderstanding. But the fact of the matter I was trying to make is that only the students are leaving, not the teachers. The US has the best teachers in the World and will continue to do so. We are the leaders in technology hands down. If you want technology made cheap you go to Japan. If you want technology made smarter you come to the US. Most of the technology used around the world originated here first. Again, sorry for the misunderstanding.

Hey, I'm American too. I work in IT, run Linux, MAC, and Windows and I have several friends that do too. There are plenty of smart people in the US who were born and raised here. I admit that the school system has slid a little, mostly thanks to the liberal agenda, but there are still plenty of smart people here that can hold their own against anyone else in the world. What's on 95% of the World's computers and who wrote it? Windows and an American!!! All I'm saying is that if you don't like this country why did you come HERE for an education in the first place? If you don't like it then GET OUT AND DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE BUM!!!

I meant to include this too. Scratch, created by MIT , is a good programming tutor for kids too. You build programs by stacking code blocks together. It would help to teach structure. link: http://scratch.mit.edu/ ps Sorry about subject title. This was my first post to this forum. :)