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The USSR also glorified scientists to a degree that is unheard of in the US. While people here grew up with Martin Luther King Ave, the USSR kids grew up with Y
by ohaideredevs 7y ago
The USSR also glorified scientists to a degree that is unheard of in the US. While people here grew up with Martin Luther King Ave, the USSR kids grew up with Yuri Gagarin street.
Furthermore, phds were available to people besides wealthy kids or those looking to commit economic suicide.
There were problems with the USSR, but education definitely surpassed US education in the 80s. Furthermore, what Kennedy tried to do with his fitness program was commonplace in the USSR.
- wyldfire 7y agoI lived for a while in Milwaukee, WI which sports a James Lovell Street. I was curious and I looked up Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. Armstrong has streets named after him in California and Nevada, I didn't see one for Aldrin.
- drak0n1c 7y agoBuzz Aldrin is a prominent conservative, and has campaigned over the decades and given speeches at CPAC and the SOTU. Politics also influences how city governments name streets.
- CalChris 7y agoGaragin was a cosmonaut rather than a scientist. He had a standard military education and took correspondence engineering courses.
- ohaideredevs 7y agoCorrect. It was just an example that came to mind. There are plenty of streets, statues, etc dedicated to scientists however.
- papito 7y agoThe education was good, sometimes too good. I look in horror at my 5th grade math class notes. I think it's pre-calculus. Here is the thing, you get this stellar education, then you are out in the real world, and, poof.