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ZDNet  Is UK tech education that bad? Google's chairman thinks
so  Summary: Google chairman Eric Schmidt says that education in
the UK holds back the country's success in the digital media
economy.  Google chairman Eric Schmidt has heavily criticised
the primary and secondary education in the United Kingdom,
stating that it will "hold the country back" in the digital
media market.  In a speech in Edinburgh, Schmidt criticised how
children are taught, in particular to areas such as science,
engineering and maths -- highlighting the lack of passion
children have for the core curriculum.  (Source: Guardian)
Along with his critique of the education system, Schmidt said:
"If I may be so impolite, your [the British] track record isn't
great."  "Your IT curriculum focuses on teaching how to use
software, but gives no insight into how it's made", Schmidt
said.  He added: "That is just throwing away your great
computing heritage".  He went on to describe