In my lat post I lamented the stupidity of the American people as evidenced by the results of the presidential election. That post was one of my feeble attempts at being witty so was kept as short as possible. In conversations I had that day and in the days following, I blamed the gullibility and ignorance of today’s youth for allowing the wrong party to win this election. Turns out I was right.
During 2006 and 2007, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute tested the civil literacy of students and faculty alike at educational institutions across America. Of the more than 14,000 students tested, more than 50 percent of freshmen and 54 percent of seniors failed the 60-question test.
In 2008, the test was shrunk to 30 questions, but the demographics of those tested were expanded. In all, 2,508 Americans took the test with an average score of 49 percent. Educators scored an average of 55 percent. College graduates did moderately better at 57 percent, while high school graduates showed an abysmal 44 percent.
Mr. Obama’s campaign did an excellent job of garnering the support of Americans 18 – 30 years old. Unfortunately, that group of people, and the people who are supposed to be teaching them, knows very little about our system of government or its history. The results of that test also show they know very little about economics and free enterprise, one of the major components of the election.
Having only ignorance, they easily believed the lies and false hope of the Obama campaign.
I didn’t do as well as I’d hoped on the test – 78.79 percent. Try it for yourself here: Quiz
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I'll be nice, and won't post my score. :)
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