posted 29 March 2008 01:22 PM
[i] I really wasn't sure under which topic this fit so I settled on this one since it relates to the US. [i]
quote:What's behind the boom in homeland-security and emergency-management majors? By Jessica Portner Posted Friday, March 28, 2008, at 11:33 AM ET
The traditionally slow-moving education industry is churning out a slew of students with specialties in "mass catastrophe" and "international disaster." More than 200 colleges have created homeland-security degree and certificate programs since 9/11, and another 144 have added emergency management with a terrorism bent.... ..........
Educators say terrorist training camps probably have rigorous curricula with hefty reading lists and hard-grading teachers. America could use an army of tech-savvy terror experts who have the smarts to thwart the next Chernobyl or to whip out an orderly evacuation plan when Katrina's sister arrives. It's fitting that the generation of American students that grew up with violent video games are the ones outsmarting the real villains.
Alright why did I get the chills reading this? This really unsettled me and I'm trying to get a grasp on exactly why. Am I just uber paranoid or something or does anyone else see this trend as kinda messed up?
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