American Educatioal Standards at rock bottom .

[blackcherry]

The study confirms and underlines what Europeans have known for a long time --- that standards in the US are frighteningly low .
Look no further than this site to see how low standards are for General Comprehension and good prose .
It raises questions like , whether it is possible to have fruitful discussions with Americans in any complex way , and , involving them in events outside of the mindless American internal political scene.
It is most concerning , because the mightiest nation seems not to have the breadth and depth of IQ to handle the complexities of the modern world .
Increasingly our relationship with Americans is compromised and it is just a matter of time before other nations are going to have to reconsider how much trust and responsibility we can allow them to take on the international scene .



CHESTNUT HILL, MA—According to an alarming new report published Wednesday by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, third-graders in China are beginning to lag behind U.S. high school students in math and science.

The study, based on exam scores from thousands of students in 63 participating countries, confirmed that in mathematical and scientific literacy, American students from the ages of 14 to 18 have now actually pulled slightly ahead of their 8-year-old Chinese counterparts.

“This is certainly a wake-up call for China,” said Dr. Michael Fornasier, an IEA senior fellow and coauthor of the report. “The test results unfortunately indicate that education standards in China have slipped to the extent that pre-teens are struggling to rank among even the average American high school student.”

www.theonion.com/articles/report-chinese-thirdgraders-falling-behind-us-high,31464/?ref=auto

 

[Annika55]

The study confirms and underlines what Europeans have known for a long time --- that standards in the US are frighteningly low .
Look no further than this site to see how low standards are for General Comprehension and good prose .
It raises questions like , whether it is possible to have fruitful discussions with Americans in any complex way , and , involving them in events outside of the mindless American internal political scene.
It is most concerning , because the mightiest nation seems not to have the breadth and depth of IQ to handle the complexities of the modern world .
Increasingly our relationship with Americans is compromised and it is just a matter of time before other nations are going to have to reconsider how much trust and responsibility we can allow them to take on the international scene .

CHESTNUT HILL, MA—According to an alarming new report published Wednesday by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, third-graders in China are beginning to lag behind U.S. high school students in math and science.

The study, based on exam scores from thousands of students in 63 participating countries, confirmed that in mathematical and scientific literacy, American students from the ages of 14 to 18 have now actually pulled slightly
ahead of their 8-year-old Chinese counterparts.

“This is certainly a wake-up call for China,” said Dr. Michael Fornasier, an IEA senior fellow and coauthor of the report. “The test results unfortunately indicate that education standards in China have slipped to the extent that pre-teens are struggling to rank among even the average American high school student.”

Report: Chinese Third-Graders Falling Behind U.S. High School Students in Math, Science | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

You know the article from the Onion is satire, right? It is mocking the American obsession with testing comparisons.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Well check it out a 14 year old balanced our budget!!! Can't be too much wrong with our system.

At an age when most boys are going to Little League practice and playing video games with their friends, spunky Congressional whiz kid Paul Ryan, 14, has issued a comprehensive proposal to balance the federal budget, impressed Washington sources told reporters Thursday. “When I was 14 years old, all I was thinking about was having enough allowance money to buy comic books, but this little teen dynamo is actually trying to rein in annual spending and eliminate the deficit,” Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said of the perky, high-school-age wonder boy, whose budget reform plan seeks to reduce government spending by $4.6 trillion by 2023 through a long-term fiscal policy that includes deep cuts to food stamps and other entitlement programs. “He comes in here every day in his little two-piece suit, with his snazzy haircut that it looks like his mom gave him, and you just have to admire the kid. Heck, he’s still three years away from applying for college, for God’s sake! I imagine he’s not too popular with the other kids his age, but I’m sure he’s used to that by now.” Despite their enthusiasm for the teen whiz kid’s pluck and hard work, Congressional sources were quick to note that Ryan’s budget plan made “absolutely no sense.”

14-Year-Old Congressional Whiz Kid Balances Budget | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

 

[Annika55]

The study confirms and underlines what Europeans have known for a long time --- that standards in the US are frighteningly low .
Look no further than this site to see how low standards are for General Comprehension and good prose .
It raises questions like , whether it is possible to have fruitful discussions with Americans in any complex way , and , involving them in events outside of the mindless American internal political scene.
It is most concerning , because the mightiest nation seems not to have the breadth and depth of IQ to handle the complexities of the modern world .
Increasingly our relationship with Americans is compromised and it is just a matter of time before other nations are going to have to reconsider how much trust and responsibility we can allow them to take on the international scene .

CHESTNUT HILL, MA—According to an alarming new report published
Wednesday by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, third-graders in China are beginning to lag behind U.S. high school students in math and science.

The study, based on exam scores from thousands of students in 63 participating countries, confirmed that in mathematical and scientific literacy, American students from the ages of 14 to 18 have now actually pulled slightly
ahead of their 8-year-old Chinese counterparts.

“This is certainly a wake-up call for China,” said Dr. Michael Fornasier, an IEA
senior fellow and coauthor of the report. “The test results unfortunately indicate that education standards in China have slipped to the extent that pre-teens are
struggling to rank among even the average American high school student.”

Report: Chinese Third-Graders Falling Behind U.S. High School Students in Math, Science | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

You know the article from the Onion is satire, right? It is mocking the American obsession with testing comparisons.

If you doubt the report is satire, please note that the the International Association for the Evaluation of EducationaL Achievement uses the PIRL test for FOURTH GRADERS (not HS students) and TIMSS which tests only FOURTH and EIGHTH GRADERS.
If you are interested, I have posted 2011 scores on several threads.

 

[Annika55]

Well check it out a 14 year old balanced our budget!!! Can't be too much wrong with our system.

At an age when most boys are going to Little League practice and playing video games with their friends, spunky Congressional whiz kid Paul Ryan, 14, has issued a comprehensive proposal to balance the federal budget, impressed Washington sources told reporters Thursday. “When I was 14 years old, all I was thinking about was having enough allowance money to buy comic books, but this little teen dynamo is actually trying to rein in annual spending and eliminate the deficit,” Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said of the perky, high-school-age wonder boy, whose budget reform plan seeks to reduce government spending by $4.6 trillion by 2023 through a long-term fiscal policy that includes deep cuts to food stamps and other entitlement programs. “He comes in here every day in his little two-piece suit, with his snazzy haircut that it looks like his mom gave him, and you just have to admire the kid. Heck,
he’s still three years away from applying for college, for God’s sake! I imagine he’s not too popular with the other kids his age, but I’m sure he’s used to that by now.” Despite their enthusiasm for the teen whiz kid’s pluck and hard work, Congressional sources were quick to note that Ryan’s budget plan made “absolutely no sense.”

14-Year-Old Congressional Whiz Kid Balances Budget | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

The Onion is SATIRE. It ridicules news and culture.

"The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club. It claims a national print circulation of 200,000 and says 90 percent of its web site readers are between 18 and 44 years old.[3][4] Since 2007, the organization publishes satirical news audio and video online, as the "Onion News Network".[5] Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to average of 7.5 million unique visitors per month.[6]
The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and fictional. It parodies traditional newspapers with stories, editorials, op-ed pieces, and man-in-the-street interviews, using a traditional newspaper layout and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. Its humor often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy ("Opening Staff Rails Against Incompetence Of Closing Staff"), or playing on common phrases, as in "Drugs Win Drug War". Other common themes include surreal exaggerations, such as "Johnny Depp Now Completely Made Of Scarves And Bracelets", and contrasting media portrayals against reality by treating the fictional version as the more real ("U.K. Cardinal Resigns In Wake Of—Get This—Sex Abuse Allegations")."
The Onion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Unkotare]

The study confirms and underlines what Europeans have known for a long time --- that standards in the US are frighteningly low .
Look no further than this site to see how low standards are for General Comprehension and good prose .
It raises questions like , whether it is possible to have fruitful discussions with Americans in any complex way , and , involving them in events outside of the mindless American internal political scene.
It is most concerning , because the mightiest nation seems not to have the breadth and depth of IQ to handle the complexities of the modern world .
Increasingly our relationship with Americans is compromised and it is just a matter of time before other nations are going to have to reconsider how much trust and responsibility we can allow them to take on the international scene .

Who the fuck are you again, idiot? Did someone recently sell you a bridge?

 

[Unkotare]

The study confirms and underlines what Europeans have known for a long time --- that standards in the US are frighteningly low .
Look no further than this site to see how low standards are for General Comprehension and good prose .
It raises questions like , whether it is possible to have fruitful discussions with Americans in any complex way , and , involving them in events outside of the mindless American internal political scene.
It is most concerning , because the mightiest nation seems not to have the breadth and depth of IQ to handle the complexities of the modern world .
Increasingly our relationship with Americans is compromised and it is just a matter of time before other nations are going to have to reconsider how much trust and responsibility we can allow them to take on the international scene .

CHESTNUT HILL, MA—According to an alarming new report published Wednesday by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, third-graders in China are beginning to lag behind U.S. high school students in math and science.

The study, based on exam scores from thousands of students in 63 participating countries, confirmed that in mathematical and scientific literacy, American students from the ages of 14 to 18 have now actually pulled slightly
ahead of their 8-year-old Chinese counterparts.

“This is certainly a wake-up call for China,” said Dr. Michael Fornasier, an IEA senior fellow and coauthor of the report. “The test results unfortunately indicate that education standards in China have slipped to the extent that pre-teens are struggling to rank among even the average American high school student.”

Report: Chinese Third-Graders Falling Behind U.S. High School Students in Math, Science | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

You know the article from the Onion is satire, right?

He's...well, you see...he's not very bright...

 

[TheOldSchool]

Well check it out a 14 year old balanced our budget!!! Can't be too much wrong with our system.

At an age when most boys are going to Little League practice and playing video games with their friends, spunky Congressional whiz kid Paul Ryan, 14, has issued a comprehensive proposal to balance the federal budget, impressed Washington sources told reporters Thursday. “When I was 14 years old, all I was thinking about was having enough allowance money to buy comic books, but this little teen dynamo is actually trying to rein in annual spending and eliminate the deficit,” Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said of the perky, high-school-age wonder boy, whose budget reform plan seeks to reduce government spending by $4.6 trillion by 2023 through a long-term fiscal policy that includes deep cuts to food stamps and other entitlement programs. “He comes in here every day in his little two-piece suit, with his snazzy haircut that it looks like his mom gave him, and you just have to admire the kid. Heck,
he’s still three years away from applying for college, for God’s sake! I imagine he’s not too popular with the other kids his age, but I’m sure he’s used to that by now.” Despite their enthusiasm for the teen whiz kid’s pluck and hard work, Congressional sources were quick to note that Ryan’s budget plan made “absolutely no sense.”

14-Year-Old Congressional Whiz Kid Balances Budget | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

The Onion is SATIRE. It ridicules news and culture.

"The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club. It claims a national print circulation of 200,000 and says 90 percent of its web site readers are between 18 and 44 years old.[3][4] Since 2007, the organization publishes satirical news audio and video online, as the "Onion News Network".[5] Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to average of 7.5 million unique visitors per month.[6]
The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and fictional. It parodies traditional newspapers with stories, editorials, op-ed pieces, and man-in-the-street interviews, using a traditional newspaper layout and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. Its humor often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy ("Opening Staff Rails Against Incompetence Of Closing Staff"), or playing on common phrases, as in "Drugs Win Drug War". Other common themes include surreal exaggerations, such as "Johnny Depp Now Completely Made Of Scarves And Bracelets", and contrasting media portrayals against reality by treating the fictional version as the more real ("U.K. Cardinal Resigns In Wake Of—Get This—Sex Abuse Allegations")."
The Onion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lol I know. I was making a funny

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The study confirms and underlines what Europeans have known for a long time --- that standards in the US are frighteningly low .
Look no further than this site to see how low standards are for General Comprehension and good prose .
It raises questions like , whether it is possible to have fruitful discussions with Americans in any complex way , and , involving them in events outside of the mindless American internal political scene.
It is most concerning , because the mightiest nation seems not to have the breadth and depth of IQ to handle the complexities of the modern world .
Increasingly our relationship with Americans is compromised and it is just a matter of time before other nations are going to have to reconsider how much trust and responsibility we can allow them to take on the international scene .



CHESTNUT HILL, MA—According to an alarming new report published Wednesday by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, third-graders in China are beginning to lag behind U.S. high school students in math and science.

The study, based on exam scores from thousands of students in 63 participating countries, confirmed that in mathematical and scientific literacy, American students from the ages of 14 to 18 have now actually pulled slightly ahead of their 8-year-old Chinese counterparts.

“This is certainly a wake-up call for China,” said Dr. Michael Fornasier, an IEA senior fellow and coauthor of the report. “The test results unfortunately indicate that education standards in China have slipped to the extent that pre-teens are struggling to rank among even the average American high school student.”

Report: Chinese Third-Graders Falling Behind U.S. High School Students in Math, Science | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

That article is satire you dumb fuck

 

[blackcherry]

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That article is satire you dumb fuck

Pity this excellent wheeze was outed so early --- particularly as it so closely mirrored the real world .
But the thought of an American Hilly Billy person calling a British intellectual a , Dumb Fuck , has made my year , regardless .

 

[Wicked Jester]

For the sake of the boards bandwidth, can we get a mod to close and lock this stupid shit?

 

[Unkotare]

But the thought of an American Hilly Billy person calling a British intellectual a , Dumb Fuck , has made my year , regardless .

Where the hell did YOU ever see "a British intellectual"? Someone call the British Museum!






You, in case you were wondering, are just another faceless fucking idiot. Go waste a little more oxygen and expire in meaningless anonymity as you were always meant to, shit stain.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

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That article is satire you dumb fuck

Pity this excellent wheeze was outed so early --- particularly as it so closely mirrored the real world .
But the thought of an American Hilly Billy person calling a British intellectual a , Dumb Fuck , has made my year , regardless .

Yeah, you're so "intellectual" that you couldn't recognize a satirical piece when you saw it. Everybody is so smart on the Internet.

Go back to pounding your meat in your mom's basement.

 

[rdean]

I was watching a round table discussion where someone said children from the top 10% wealthiest schools are number one in math and science world wide. I don't have a link. Just watched it on TV. Thought the comment was interesting.