[barry-cotter]

I regret I accidentally upvoted you when I meant to downvote, please excuse the Sony fat fingers. (Don't buy unless it's Nexus or iPhone, kids.)

Your background assumption outside the first world should be that most people are trying to cheat you, most of the time. If this wasn't true the country would already be at least middle income, absent massive fuck ups, (communism included) or recent wars. If you doubt me I invite you to move to the richest city in any poor country.

All that said education isn't as wonderful as one might naively think. Kerala in South India is anomalously well educated compared to its neighbours but about as poor. The main thing motivating their teachers to show up compared to their neighbours is that Keralan parents beat up teachers who don't at least show up for work.

[jimrandomh]

Presumably you mean the reverse (meant to upvote); the GP post seems pretty good.