Are We Really This Dumb?

[Madeline]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpfDaR8Cjc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpfDaR8Cjc[/ame]

I have to admit, I cannot name Canada's PM, but at least I know there is one -- not a Mayor! How can people walk around this stupid?

WTF goes on in our nation's schools?

Discuss.

 

[Newby]

What's going on?? The government controls them, that's what's going on.

 

[IanC]

for you Madeline, hope it makes you chuckle

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seYUbVa7L7w[/ame]

 

[Valerie]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkQ6XgXeNuY[/ame]

 

[uscitizen]

Hard to teach stupit people who are programmed by the media.

 

[editec]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpfDaR8Cjc

I have to admit, I cannot name Canada's PM, but at least I know there is one -- not a Mayor! How can people walk around this stupid?

WTF goes on in our nation's schools?

Discuss.

You think those guys are truly representative of our nation's school children, Mad?

I mean really?

 

[Jeremy]

Hard to teach stupit people who are programmed by the media.

Soooo true!

 

[uscitizen]

Blasphemy!

 

[Valerie]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GsTyGZ-pV8&feature=related[/ame]

 

[iamwhatiseem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkQ6XgXeNuY

And yet the grandfather knew every answer that Jay threw at him...and he went to school before the Nat. BOE was installed.
How is this possible?

 

[Sheldon]

It's called editing. Of course there's dumb-asses out there. Dumb-asses being dumb-asses is entertainment, which is the point of these clips. No doubt the comedians-as-interviewers meet a lot of people who know those answers, but that's not as entertaining... so they generally get edited out.

 

[editec]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkQ6XgXeNuY

And yet the grandfather knew every answer that Jay threw at him...and he went to school before the Nat. BOE was installed.
How is this possible?

That grandfather went to school when those damned liberals controlled the nation?

Just a guess, of course.

Perhaps he was French.

 

[IanC]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8[/ame]

hahahaha

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I would say that 80% of people above the age of 40 can answer these questions all day long...under 40...maybe 5% can.

Difference? They were educated before the Board of Education was installed and sterilized history books.

 

[theHawk]

What's going on?? The government controls them, that's what's going on.

Yup, what we need is a separation of school and state. When a government seeks to control its population, it must keep it dumb and gullible.

 

[Zoom-boing]

I have to admit, I cannot name Canada's PM, but at least I know there is one -- not a Mayor! How can people walk around this stupid?

WTF goes on in our nation's schools?

Discuss.

Maddie, you do know that was part of the 'joke', right? That the entire thing is just a 'joke', right?

Yo, Google that shit!

 

[MaggieMae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkQ6XgXeNuY

And yet the grandfather knew every answer that Jay threw at him...and he went to school before the Nat. BOE was installed.
How is this possible?

Computers, the Internet, texting/sexting, video games, reality TV shows, etc., all take priority over learning what's needed to become informed adults.

Literacy, Inc. • Fighting Illiteracy one Book at a Time

With new technology coming out seemingly every day, children are not reading like they have in the past. In fact, since 1984, there has been a 30% decrease in the number of 13-year-olds who read every day for fun and a decrease of 22% for 17-year-olds.iii This in turn affects students’ reading scores, which are down 13% for high school seniors since 1992.iv It is becoming painfully obvious in our schools and in the workforce that illiteracy is on the rise and with it the numerous problems with which an illiterate society must struggle—decreased productivity, a shortage of adequate workers, communication difficulties, an uninformed public which makes poor decisions, rises in welfare costs due to citizens who can’t hold a job, as well as countless other issues. According to the NEA, “38% of employers find high school graduates ‘deficient’ in reading comprehension…” while 81% of employers find them deficient in written communication.v

 

[uscitizen]

Watch Jeopardy. instead of Wii.

 

[MaggieMae]

I would say that 80% of people above the age of 40 can answer these questions all day long...under 40...maybe 5% can.

Difference? They were educated before the Board of Education was installed and sterilized history books.

Huh? Boards of Education are comprised of local citizens, not government staffed (by either states or districts). Who would you suggest be the overseer of whether to buy books or football uniforms?

 

[Madeline]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpfDaR8Cjc

I have to admit, I cannot name Canada's PM, but at least I know there is one -- not a Mayor! How can people walk around this stupid?

WTF goes on in our nation's schools?

Discuss.

You think those guys are truly representative of our nation's school children, Mad?

I mean really?

I sure hope not, editec.....but yeah, I think it is possible.