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Well said Ebi. Thank you for stating the facts.
As an Iranina grad, having lived both inside and outside of Iran, I do not fully support the idea that factors such as poor economy, tough selection processes, etc... can solely explain what's happening in today's top US schools and firms in terms of enrolling Iranian undergrads, as many countries around the world today suffer from similar illnesses many of which have higher population, and even a much more dignified and easier visa processings to the states. From where I see it, The key lies in the uniqueness in iranian communities compared to those of other countries; not necessarily in their academic curricula but the social environment where the real school of thoughts are formed. Now, surely there are many down-sides to living in an unsecure, unstandarized, unstable, irregular, unsafe, , not "cliche", disorganized, not in order, and to an extend fundamental environment. But certainly being "different" is not a down-side, atleast not on a global level.The kind of difference we rarely encounter traveling around the world. This uniqeness in the way people think, interact, live, and the consequential freedom from stereotyped livng it brings with it greatly contributes to the world variety. A variety which the world needs to survive on, with all the wrong it carries with it. And I think we should put more time in looking into what goes on on that side of the world, for the better which this article is a documented example of. Because "difference" is beyond and not about good or evil, it's about beauty!
One of the "so-called" lucky iranian leaving for states for grad studies.
I am shocked by all the negative comments. yes, Iranian universities may have some shortages but that does not mean the students do not have the knowledge and they are just memorizing. Lets not forget that our education is free, may be if universities had expensive tuition (like U.S ) then they could provide better for their students. So instead of leaving negative comments let's do our share as Iranians, think of the school that you have attended in Iran, make some donation, creat a found for research program for iranian students or a lab for a school so every body can contribute, donate a computer, calculator, if you are a professor have a workshop or a seminar for those in Iran, doante newest edition of books to a university liberary,.... . From my understanding most of Iranian abroad are very successful, we owe to that land wether we live there or not. Lets do our share and provide what we did not have for the next generation. I do not think criticism and negativity would solve any problem.
an iranian
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