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Lone_Star_Dem
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:17 AM Original message |
U.S. college students fail civics test |
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Acadia Blue
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. When I took American Government at UNO, the instructor did |
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Mike Daniels
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'd say your fellow classmates are just as much at fault |
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TroglodyteScholar
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Wed Sep-19-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
110. Yea, I mean why should anyone expect a teacher... |
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Occulus
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
83. My high school government "teacher" was also the head football coach |
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CRK7376
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Wed Sep-19-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #83 |
101. I take offense to your statement. |
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bigworld
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Here's the quiz, and a better article from USA Today |
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tnlurker
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I scored 60% on the sample quiz |
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bigworld
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. SS is huge. |
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Misskittycat
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I thought that was an ambiguous question also. n/t |
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whistle
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. It is social security, but SS is really a form of insurance which tax payers |
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bunkerbuster1
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. I thought it was interest on the debt... |
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argyl
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Tue Sep-18-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. That's the one I got wrong.Picked military also. I still think my answer is correct. |
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DotGone
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Wed Sep-19-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
85. Social Security is correct |
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bigworld
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I got an 81%. Guess I'd better bone up. |
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Starbucks Anarchist
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I got 4/5. |
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Misskittycat
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I picked that answer also, but perhaps the "20 years" is the key here; the national debt repayment |
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Toucano
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. 83% - I missed many of the economic ones. |
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Massacure
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. I scored 54/60 - 90% |
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Sweet Pea
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. 50 out of 60 |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. 81.67 |
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LiberalFighter
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Tue Sep-18-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
75. I posted 81.67 too |
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trof
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Wed Sep-19-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #45 |
99. Same here, but many questions I considered to be 'History', not civics. |
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Nikia
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Wed Sep-19-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
108. That's what I got too |
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mikelgb
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Tue Sep-18-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. 68.33 |
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Lisa
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Tue Sep-18-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. wow! that was interesting -- thanks for posting. I got 83.33 % (educated in Canada) |
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Posteritatis
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Tue Sep-18-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. 85% for this Canuck. (nt) |
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Hosnon
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Tue Sep-18-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
78. 52/60 = 86.67% |
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UrbScotty
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Tue Sep-18-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
81. 47/60 (nt) |
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Lionel Mandrake
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
84. 92% |
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Exiled in America
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Wed Sep-19-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
104. 83.33 % - however, question 55 is total bullshit. |
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Mad_Dem_X
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Wed Sep-19-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
105. I got 53% - better than I thought. n/t |
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Wed Sep-19-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
109. 68% but some of the correct answers are debatable. |
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YankeyMCC
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Wed Sep-19-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
111. You answered 52 out of 60 correctly — 86.67 % |
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Nevernose
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Wed Sep-19-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
112. This test is absolute TRIPE. |
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valerief
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's Bush's Leave All Citizens Behind program. nt |
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distantearlywarning
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. U.S. college students fail to find their ass with a map |
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HereSince1628
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. That's nothing. I gave my freshman biology sections the GED for BIOLOGY |
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Lone_Star_Dem
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Your point is an excellent one. |
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Ilsa
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Gee, I'd settle for people being able to make change without use of a machine. |
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barb162
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Does it make you ask how people are getting diplomas |
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HereSince1628
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. My current students are mostly from Milwaukee inner-city schools |
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Ilsa
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Tue Sep-18-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. Why? Because the kids have fuller mustaches in the 8th grade |
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Warpy
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. If the market has flat parsley next to the cilantro, |
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HereSince1628
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Produce is plants, plants are really biotic, as is produce. |
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Heywood J
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Yeah, but as an undergrad in the sciences, |
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HereSince1628
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Tue Sep-18-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Yes, I understand, you choose to make your own point of my point |
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Enrique
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Tue Sep-18-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. I thought that yams and sweet potatoes are the same |
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MUSTANG_2004
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Tue Sep-18-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. They are the same |
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HereSince1628
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Wed Sep-19-07 06:25 AM Response to Reply #67 |
94. You make my point you don't even know they are in different families of plants |
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MUSTANG_2004
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Wed Sep-19-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. No, you miss my point |
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Toots
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Wed Sep-19-07 07:47 AM Response to Reply #67 |
97. The difference between yams and sweet potatos in the store is about fifty cents a pound |
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woo me with science
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Wed Sep-19-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
88. I love the irony here. People at DU always argue that teachers should teach |
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Critters2
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. How does this constitute "news"? |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. I just took the quiz and scored 90% |
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Warpy
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yeah, that's what I got, too |
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Jankyn
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. Couple of things... |
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Misskittycat
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I got that one wrong also, because I disagreed with the premise. |
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Toucano
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Bingo! Thank you |
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Lone_Star_Dem
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. I dispute that I got that question wrong also |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
46. The political bias of the quiz was clear. |
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scipan
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Tue Sep-18-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. slight factual correction |
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fujiyama
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Wed Sep-19-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
86. Good catch |
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RamboLiberal
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Wed Sep-19-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
107. In defense of the question in last 40 years it is most likely true |
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Hissyspit
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. No surprise there. I just asked my college freshmen how many of them knew what happened in Tiananmen |
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Igel
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Recent events are hard to cover. |
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enlightenment
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Are you teaching my classes, Hissyspit?? |
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fujiyama
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Wed Sep-19-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
87. I'm reminded of my "world after '45" course |
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Misskittycat
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. It was definitely a college-level exam; it was quite challenging. |
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133724
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. 87% for me... |
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Hissyspit
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. 87% for me, too. Although, on one question I clicked the wrong button |
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bunkerbuster1
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. 81.67% for me |
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MLFerrell
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. Wow... Seniors AVERAGED 54.2%. |
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Irishonly
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
30. I took the test |
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abq e streeter
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Tue Sep-18-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
33. 85% |
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kirby
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. Are you smarter than a Harvard grad? |
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LiberalFighter
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Tue Sep-18-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
76. Guess who else "graduated" from Harvard |
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KillCapitalism
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Wed Sep-19-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
92. Yeah, I only scored a 71 and felt bad about it. |
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InkAddict
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Wed Sep-19-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
100. Scored a 75% |
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McCamy Taylor
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. These kids took government (honors level) LAST YEAR |
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Heywood J
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Tue Sep-18-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. I got 81%. |
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BrotherBuzz
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Tue Sep-18-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. Answered 48 out of 60 correctly — 80.00 % |
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ladywnch
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Tue Sep-18-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. I got a 75. Missed more of the economy questions than anything |
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NightHawk63
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Tue Sep-18-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
51. I scored 76.7% . |
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ryanmuegge
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Tue Sep-18-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. This is really no surprise. |
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TheWatcher
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Tue Sep-18-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. The Headline should just read U.S. College Students Fail |
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Flarney
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Tue Sep-18-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
56. 74% ... Can anyone recommend a good civics book? n/t |
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AnneD
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Tue Sep-18-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
57. Judging by... |
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Alexander
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Tue Sep-18-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
58. 53/60 - 88.33%. |
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Progressive_In_NC
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Tue Sep-18-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. wow 83% |
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0rganism
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Tue Sep-18-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
62. I question their use of a 'flat grading scale' |
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dsc
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Tue Sep-18-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
63. 58 out of 60 |
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Lisa
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Tue Sep-18-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'd love to see the medians, std deviations, and frequency distributions |
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mitchum
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Tue Sep-18-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
68. 87% and I gave the "correct" answers for the obvious political and economic bias of the thing |
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Orsino
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Tue Sep-18-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
69. Those who fail history are condemned to repeat it. n/t |
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goodgd_yall
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Tue Sep-18-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
70. Richardson in his speech at the Steak Fry Sunday |
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dkofos
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Tue Sep-18-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
71. Just took the test and got 76% |
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Systematic Chaos
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Tue Sep-18-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
72. So even I of all people outscored the average Harvard senior? (71%) |
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ellisonz
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Tue Sep-18-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
73. 51/60 - 85%. |
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Realityhack
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Tue Sep-18-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
74. I would like to see individual question stats |
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okasha
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Tue Sep-18-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
77. Got 55 right. |
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TheCentepedeShoes
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Tue Sep-18-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
79. 50/60 - 83.33% |
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mainer
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Tue Sep-18-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
80. Wow -- only 78.3% for me. You DUers are smart. |
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UrbScotty
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Tue Sep-18-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
82. ISI is a conservative organization, IIRC. Just a heads-up. |
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fujiyama
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Wed Sep-19-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
89. An interesting quiz |
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tomhayes
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Wed Sep-19-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
90. 73% from a G.E.D'er |
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Superman Returns
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Wed Sep-19-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
91. 88 |
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MilesColtrane
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Wed Sep-19-07 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
93. I only scored 76.67%. |
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PaganPreacher
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Wed Sep-19-07 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
95. 90%. Not bad for first thing in the morning. |
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Maeve
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Wed Sep-19-07 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
96. 95%--so I guess I have learned a thing or two along the way! |
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Xithras
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Wed Sep-19-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
102. 85% |
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Kelvin Mace
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Wed Sep-19-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
103. 88.3%, which was disappointing |
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RamboLiberal
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Wed Sep-19-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
106. I didn't consider this a real civics test |
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