>In defense of Maine, let me provide another example.  Joe Juneau entered RPI
>with very little knowledge of English (note: I don't know him personally but
>this is what I've been told).  He graduated in 3 years with a degree in Aero-
>nautical Engr.  He added a master's in the same time that his classmates were
>getting their bachelor's.
 
 
 Joey was an outstanding student here at RPI.  They don't just give away
degrees in Aero Engineering either.  He earned.  I have met him in person and
he can speak english very well.  From what my upperclass friends tell me
he picked up the language very quickly.