this is why we’re #18
as you may have heard, the u.s.a. used to be the best in secondaryeducation but as of 2008 with the us education system was ranked 18 of 36 countries–we have a 75% high school graduation rate compared much lower than other countries like south korea (their’s is 93%). the result of a less ‘edumacated’ nation becomes evident from time to time but this story brought it home today. from a new york times/cbs poll:
a majority of the public support allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military. there’s less support, however, for allowing homosexuals to serve openly.
and this time, the liberals polled appear to be the most stupid, “Democrats in the poll seemed particularly swayed by the wording. Seventy-nine percent of Democrats said they support permitting gay men and lesbians to serve openly. Fewer Democrats however, just 43 percent, said they were in favor of allowing homosexuals to serve openly. Republicans and independents varied less between the two terms.”
had people stayed in school and focused on college, they could have taken the s.a.t. and practiced those questions that test knowledge of vocabulary, synonyms, and other such stuff that makes people smart (or at least as measured by standardized tests).
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