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Answer: Though I was born later I had a lot of old teachers who were trained i.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Why are Soviet mathematics/physics textbooks so insanely hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? Anna Shustrova, works at DELL EMC Updated Apr 1, 2015 Though I was born later I had a lot of old teachers who were trained in USSR so I'll try to answer. All these soviet teachers have one common feature: they appreciate deep ... Read More » How do foreigners view China after visiting China? Pavel N, works at Startup Xpress by Altalane Written Dec 12 I had a lot of prejudices about China before visiting. I am a European who travels a lot to USA, so I have a very Western-centric view. Everything changed after China, basi...  Read More » What are some not well-known facts about main battle tanks? Fredrik Forséll, works at Basalt Written Nov 30 The sights in a modern tank are nothing short of amazing. While many answers will tell you that a tank crew have trouble seeing out of the tank, that only goes for things n...  Read More » Why does Ukraine seem richer than it is? Igor Markov, works at Google Updated Feb 13 Because perceptions are shaped by history. Ukraine used to be considerably richer, and Vietnam used to be significantly poorer. While Vietnam was focusing on economic devel... Read More » Can an intersex person (hermaphrodite) get pregnant? Maya Posch, Senior software developer at Synyx (2013-present) Written Nov 2 Hi, I’m a hermaphrodite :) I was born with both male and female genitals. Unfortunately the testicles were found to produce no sperm (underdeveloped). Whether my ovaries hav...  Read More » What does Putin do right? Alex Jouravlev, works at Business Abstraction Updated Mar 29, 2015 If you look at his Wikipedia entry, you will see that he had a lot of achievements, of a quiet type. He was as a high achiever as say Obama, only in the shadows. He enter... Read More » Is the Zumwalt class really as disappointing as the hype would lead you to believe? Ross Hall, works at Helicopter Flight Test Written Dec 8 I am a little biased (okay, maybe more than a little), since I worked on the design and development of the Zumwalt class, but I was also involved in at-sea testing of the A...  Read More » Why were Soviet casualties so high even late war? Patrick O'Neill, studied at University of Arizona Updated Dec 12 Assuming this is referring to military casualties: incentives. I knew a guy growing up in Arizona who had been an Italian sailor in WWII. He was captured and sent to a POW c...  Read More » What game engine has the best graphics of them all? Karissa Laughlin Updated Tue This is not a photograph. This room is not real. In fact, you could say that it is ‘Unreal’. The two images here were rendered in Unreal Engine 4. And would you like to know ...  Read More » Why do Russian aerospace engineers favor 90 degree vertical stabilizers vs. American designs with V-shaped tails? Rajan Bhavnani, studied at BS Biosystems Engineering Written Dec 7 A small number earlier American fighters used “canted” (though not quite “V-shaped”) tails. However, the fact that all new American fighters are (and likely will continue t...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.