NY Post: US adults are dumber than average human

[normisanas]

Oh look, they finally figured that out:

http://nypost.com/2013/10/08/us-adults-are-dumber-than-the-average-human/

 

[PlayfulAlex]

Oh look, they finally figured that out:

http://nypost.com/2013/10/08/us-adults-are-dumber-than-the-average-human/

Haha, isn't this fact played out every day on National Television?

http://www.cnn.com

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/14/opinion/granderson-dumb-america/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

 

[papillion]

Discretionary USA Govt, spending, from global research, 2010
Military: 58%
Education: 4%

 

[vancity_cowboy]

uhhh, folks... education in both the u.s. and canada are NOT the jurisduction of the federal governments. education budgets are set at the provincial level in canada and the state and municipal level in the u.s.

try to get it right before just posting up any ole pie chart. although i agree with one thing - they are pretty ignorant of many things... not the least of which are history and geography outside of the u.s.

The primary functions of the Department of Education are to "establish policy for, administer and coordinate most federal assistance to education, collect data on US schools, and to enforce federal educational laws regarding privacy and civil rights."[10] The Department of Education does not establish schools or colleges.[11]

The Office of the Inspector General has a unit of enforcement agents who conduct investigations and raids in connection to student loan defaults and fraud.[12]

Unlike the systems of most other countries, education in the United States is highly decentralized, and the federal government and Department of Education are not heavily involved in determining curricula or educational standards (with the recent exception of the No Child Left Behind Act). This has been left to state and local school districts. The quality of educational institutions and their degrees is maintained through an informal private process known as accreditation, over which the Department of Education has no direct public jurisdictional control.

The Department's mission is: to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.[13] Aligned with this mission of ensuring equal access to education, the Department of Education is a member of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness,[14] and works with federal partners to ensure proper education for homeless and runaway youth in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education

 

[HankQuinlan]

uhhh, folks... education in both the u.s. and canada are NOT the jurisduction of the federal governments. education budgets are set at the provincial level in canada and the state and municipal level in the u.s.

try to get it right before just posting up any ole pie chart. although i agree with one thing - they are pretty ignorant of many things... not the least of which are history and geography outside of the u.s.

I don't see how this is relevant to the national statistics; although it obviously affects how the dumbest states stay dumb. Should the charts comparing countries' achievements only use provincial and state results and compare those to Denmark et al.?

 

[sevenofnine]

There was a documnetary I watched, basicly claimed school districts in the states were fudging sholastic records.

It seems to me principals and upper echelons of the school board got bonuses if there school did well.

 

[kickback]

uhhh, folks... education in both the u.s. and canada are NOT the jurisduction of the federal governments. education budgets are set at the provincial level in canada and the state and municipal level in the u.s.

try to get it right before just posting up any ole pie chart. although i agree with one thing - they are pretty ignorant of many things... not the least of which are history and geography outside of the u.s.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education

Someone telling others to get their facts right then quote Wikipedia as their source for research....too funny

 

[kickback]

uhhh, folks... education in both the u.s. and canada are NOT the jurisduction of the federal governments. education budgets are set at the provincial level in canada and the state and municipal level in the u.s.

try to get it right before just posting up any ole pie chart. although i agree with one thing - they are pretty ignorant of many things... not the least of which are history and geography outside of the u.s.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education

Someone telling others to get their facts right then quote Wikipedia as their source for research....too funny:doh:

 

[VanessaofBC]

On the topic, I will say that the article is trolling.

Trolling?!, norm? Never!!!

Xox
;-)

 

[mik]

Here's the link cowboy was looking for http://www2.ed.gov/about/contacts/state/index.html

 

[vancity_cowboy]

Someone telling others to get their facts right then quote Wikipedia as their source for research....too funny:doh:

well. tell you what pardner... if you find something in the article to which i linked that is NOT factual, i will delete my post

deal?

 

[kickback]

well. tell you what pardner... if you find something in the article to which i linked that is NOT factual, i will delete my post

deal?

OK I'll give it a try

 

[kickback]

:thumb:

well. tell you what pardner... if you find something in the article to which i linked that is NOT factual, i will delete my post

deal?

I gave it a try but I'm too lazy; I'll just agree with you instead.

 

[Tugela]

Okay so what are we confused about with the shutdown? The tea party cried and cried and tried to filibuster something you couldn't filibuster, and they broke the government. Now they're like WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO COMPROMISE WE DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG.

No shit, the average American is stupid - how else would the US government and 1% thrive if the other 315 million people realise what's going on and did something about it?

Health 5%, Vets benefits 4%. These are the problems too. Obviously education is a huge one (though good primary/secondary schools are there - for the privileged or people on "needs" scholarships - that's how I went to a good school), but the treatment of people overall is the biggest problem. If healthcare wasn't the way it was, the country would have more money for education. If tax cuts weren't for the rich and trickle down economics worked, there'd be money for schools.

As it stands, the schools are overcrowded, the teachers don't care, and the entire world will eventually implode. It's not just the US. Canada's waistlines are expanding (sorry, but I moved back here and I was like "GUYS NOT YOU TOO") and slowly we'll follow suit. I've got a prof who says that Canada's social trends typically follow about 10 years behind the US. Great.

That pie chart is for federal spending. State and local spending is very different and that is where things like education costs are.

The health industry accounted for 17% of the US GDP in 2009, and that is projected to rise to about 20% by the end of the decade.

 

[Tugela]

I don't see how this is relevant to the national statistics; although it obviously affects how the dumbest states stay dumb. Should the charts comparing countries' achievements only use provincial and state results and compare those to Denmark et al.?

Yes, because those countries are not federal and do not have state governments.

Federal states have multiple tiers of government with different responsibilities, you need to look at all levels collectively, not just one level.