'Lunch Scholars' Video Reveals American Teens Can't Answer Basic Trivia (VIDEO)

[poet]

is calling other posters "stupid bitch" a result of those higher standards?......

Sometimes you just have to let a bitch know, what is what.

[USFREEDOM911]

Sometimes you just have to let a bitch know, what is what.

Posters have tried; but you refuse to listen.

[Disillusioned]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1250023.html


If there was ever a movie to make you laugh to keep from crying, it's this one.

Austin, an intrepid young student-reporter, embarks on the noble mission of answering the question, "How much basic knowledge do American high school students really have?" The answer, however, may not be exactly what you want to hear.

"Do you know the vice president of the United States?" Austin asks.

"I don't know who it it's, it's, it's somebody....Bin Ladin," one student responds.

The video continues in similar fashion, asking everything from, "In what war did America gain independence?" (which no one answered correctly without a hint) to "What countries border America?"

Comedy aside, the United State's poor international rankings in subject proficiencies such as math is a problem that could cost the country around $75 trillion over 80 years, according to a study called "Globally Challenged: Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete?"

Based on the research, U.S. students place behind 31 other countries in math proficiency, and behind 16 other countries in reading.

Since you guys are so busy beating on eachother about poet's latest racist comment I'll address the opening portion. This isn't about education, this is about students being really stupid. I'm going to take for example the American independence question, even if you don't know the answer you just turn around the question, "in what war did America gain independence?" Answer: The war of independence

We've decided that it's not kids fault when they're dumb, answer sorry guys it sometimes is, and you "no child left behind policies" get you a bunch of stupid kids who are convinced that it's not their fault and that they just need another(15th) chance. accept that and move on.

[poet]

Since you guys are so busy beating on eachother about poet's latest racist comment I'll address the opening portion. This isn't about education, this is about students being really stupid. I'm going to take for example the American independence question, even if you don't know the answer you just turn around the question, "in what war did America gain independence?" Answer: The war of independence

We've decided that it's not kids fault when they're dumb, answer sorry guys it sometimes is, and you "no child left behind policies" get you a bunch of stupid kids who are convinced that it's not their fault and that they just need another(15th) chance. accept that and move on.

I don't know how that addresses my "latest racist comment" (as if!). NCLB was the policy instituted by the Bush Administration under Bush's appointed Sec. of Ed., Rod Paige, who was the Superintendent of H.I.S.D, my district. He was an opportunist, back then, and a miscreant and "yes man", later. The policy was a failure. Ultimately, parents are to blame. Instead of "latch key kids", and parents' (of all colors) propensity to allow kids to monitor themselves, you have what we have.
In my household, house work came first, and then homework, and if there was time left over, perhaps television or activities. But I came from a family of educators, who put education paramount and first. Not everyone is so lucky.

[RazorX]

Filmed at Olympia High School (Olympia, Washington), I guess that's why they had no blacks in the video.

The racial makeup of the city was 85.3% White, 1.9% African American, 1.3% Native American, 5.8% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 1.7% from other races, and 3.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.4% of the population.

From Wikipedia

"'Olympia High School'" is ranked by the Newsweek article "Our Schools and Their Dilemma" as top 5% of all high schools nationally, due to the significant number of students taking AP Tests, as well as notable music, drama, and sports programs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia..._Washington%29

[poet]

Filmed at Olympia High School (Olympia, Washington), I guess that's why they had no blacks in the video.

The racial makeup of the city was 85.3% White, 1.9% African American, 1.3% Native American, 5.8% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 1.7% from other races, and 3.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.4% of the population.

From Wikipedia

"'Olympia High School'" is ranked by the Newsweek article "Our Schools and Their Dilemma" as top 5% of all high schools nationally, due to the significant number of students taking AP Tests, as well as notable music, drama, and sports programs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia..._Washington%29

If they had had "blacks", in the video, at least some of the answers would have been answered correctly. LOL

[Aoxomoxoa]

It look like the US media isn't much better at geography.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...n-NORFOLK.html

[Yurt]

If they had had "blacks", in the video, at least some of the answers would have been answered correctly. LOL

racist example # sideways 8

[Rune]

racist example # sideways 8

Example of yurt being a dink #33,630.

[China Apologist]

Public schools suck because the whole system is run by liberal progressives.

A liberal is someone who's too much of a pussy to call themselves a socialist, and a progressive is someone who's too much of a pussy to even call themselves a liberal. So what is a liberal progressive? Is it like multiple iterations of pussyness? Recursive cowardice?

[China Apologist]

sadly, I can throw my two stepkids right in to this movie.

I, on the other hand, have read four of the Federalist papers. FOUR!

Watermark > your kids

[christiefan915]

this is nothing new, the tonight show use to do this with adults in the 80's. They were are just as dumb.

But rant on about education you lunatics.

They should watch "Jaywalking" on Leno.

Question: Who is the vice-president of the US? Answer: I don't know.

Question: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Answer: Spongebob!!

[China Apologist]

given the results you just posted, I would say we should fire everyone at the DoE and all the teachers......I bet there are a lot of parents, who seeing this video, wish they had schools of choice and a voucher system......

Yeah, it's not like there are other perfectly good public school systems we can model ours on, or the voucher system is a completely and totally untested alternative that's only been proven to work in your mind. Why go for the sure thing? That's so boring!

[poet]

A liberal is someone who's too much of a pussy to call themselves a socialist, and a progressive is someone who's too much of a pussy to even call themselves a liberal. So what is a liberal progressive? Is it like multiple iterations of pussyness? Recursive cowardice?

I'm a liberal socialist progressive. And I'm "swingin'".

[tinfoil]

Right. Looking at your avatar and your racial pejorative, you have the nerve to call anyone a race-baiter? I guess it worked.....all the racists come running when I post.

LOL super comma guy! Adding indiscriminate commas to sentences everywhere without a clue what he's doing.

You are a shining example of the results of liberal arts education.

Ding! Fries are done!