RE: Basic intelligence in America.(rant)
July 24, 2012 at 4:33 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2012 at 4:40 pm by 5thHorseman.)
(July 24, 2012 at 4:11 pm)jackman Wrote: how you measure anything you said, i have no idea.
one way to measure education doesn't have you doing so well ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/...ce-reading
edit: sorry, that study is for 2010. this one is for 2012.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ranking...2012-05-10
I'm basing this on forum posts(accuracy of research, and asserted opinions), time in America(nyc) talking to the citizens, Americans i know over here, and the media. Of which i have seen untold hours of verbal bullshit, lies, propaganda, half-arsed chat claiming to be reporting, but it's not. It is not journalism, it is only opinion dressed up.
Your links are on higher education. I said your higher education is ace, as that is obvious. I stated that it was pre-university education.
Shell, I actually miss Waldork too.
(July 24, 2012 at 4:27 pm)whateverist Wrote: Welcome to my world. I can't argue with a word you say. I tend to run into a better cut of folks living in a university town (University of California at Berkeley). When I travel it often feels as though I'm in the movie Deliverance. Hell, I don't really have to travel to connect with the wee minded people. I have only to phone a relative. My older brother hated W Bush for being a pussy, converted to Mormonism and has the same level of curiosity about the world as a box of hammers. A cousin home schools her kids in order to control their access to non-biblical influences.
So how are things in the UK? Is dental hygiene, indigenous cuisine and the level of tobacco smoking showing any signs of improvement? Being the motherland of gardening I have of course been there and met loads of fine people. All kidding aside, thanks for the BBC news. You should check out The News Hour on PBS and Frontline if you ever get stranded here again.
Dental hygiene blows, but it's not expensive thank fuck. The cuisine....... is awesome, the reputation is undeserved.
The BBC is amazing.
Ah, I have seen pbs, but not much. Romney wants rid, doesn't like dem here sesame street.
Not seem frontline, but have heard of it, will google.
(July 24, 2012 at 4:14 pm)popeyespappy Wrote:(July 24, 2012 at 4:01 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: I just don't get why it's allowed to happen.
It's not so much that it being allowed to happen as it is being encouraged to happen.
Yeah, i see that too. Saw a Santorum speech where he was appearing anti College education(how hypocritical), talking about more likely to lose faith at college etc, saying Obama was bad for encouraging kids to go to college!! wtf, i practically tell my 16yr old everyday that college education is a neccesity these days to get any job.
