While many in the blogosphere kick back and get comments posted on their blog, yours truly got his first comment that did not include the phrase, "For Cheap Viagra," and I would love to compliment the poster for intelligence, which is rare in this country. For proof, count how many times you receive inexact change in a day, and I'm willing to bet it's about 20% of the time.
So, I decided to take the American stupidity test to a new level, as the comment poster noted the scariness and parallels between today and ancient Rome, which, ironically, is more than a sports talk show on ESPN. I went down to the Library of Congress and picked up a couple of American History textbooks that are used in public high schools and read them, just for shits and giggles. Here's some of the not-so-astonishing things I found:
1. One textbook merely mentioned the years of the Korean War and that was it.
2. World War II.....not much mentioned there either.
3. Vietnam......forget it.
4. The Eighties......a skim.
5. Spanish American War/World War I, don't go there.
Of course, after reading these, I realized that my high school, which, shall remain anonymous, did not offer an AP History course. Then again, (TRUE STORY, NOT A JOKE, I'M BEING SERIOUS HERE, YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE IT), I was in the honors class and had to contain laughter when one girl asked, what's the difference between Islam and Muslim. After nearly bursting out laughing and with a face so red that one would think I just got laid for the first time, the teacher asked an honors class----because there was no AP class----how many people did not know. Three-fourths raised their hands.
So, here's what I propose to ensure that an educated populace will not continue to elect morons like Bush just "cause I can relate to him." Go to your local school board meeting and ensure that every high school has an AP course for all high school subjects. After all, I want my President to be smarter than 95% of the general population, although, I'll settle for a President that's smarter than a chimp.
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Happy to be your first comment!
We have AP courses at our school but I take a mixture of honors classes and "CM" (medium level) classes. The girls in my CM biology class were asking the teacher where Indonesia was...and it said, in big bold letters on the map INDONESIA. I wish I could remember what word definition this girl asked for the other day...I was shocked. Afraid you can't really get the affect unless you knew the word, it was something ridiculous.
Then again, I have friends who take regular English classes and after hearing about what they do (or don't do rather) in that class I'm not at all surprised foreigners can speak English better than we can.
Cheers to the idiots of America and their God George Bush.
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