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life. This I don't understand. I really don't quite understand why the American people are more resistant to change in the area of education than in other areas of life, including even vocation and occupation.

That's where you might expect that to be less, in the case of vocational training, wouldn't you?

Yes.

Incidentally, how well did you know Gunnar Myrdal?

I worked with him.

You may have mentioned this earlier but I want to make sure we've got it in.

I was a graduate student at Columbia and Otto Kleinberg who worked with him, introduced me to him. I was a research assistant, and then since then we've been friends. The year he received his Nobel Prize we had a joint seminar at City College, City University. I got to know him quite well.

And his wife too?

Ava.