Dumb As A Rock: You Will Be Absolutely Amazed At The Things That U.S. High School Students

[Nate SY]

I passed high school with a 3.4 GPA. The last piece of homework I actually completed was in 7th grade. I had decent grades purely off making bets with my teachers that I could go the whole semester without doing any work, and still get an A on the final. Which I did. I retain information well, and learned at home from my parents (Dads a history buff, grandma used to teach English back in the day so my moms great with it) so I always got an A on the finals. I can honestly say I've had 3 teachers in my life that were worth the time I spent near them. My AP Gov teacher, who encouraged debate, and refused to give any information on his political leanings. He actually pulled me aside after a debate in class, and told me I should research Ron Paul, because I reflect his opinions and thoughts. That led me to where I am today. (Found a couple years later he's actually a staunch democrat and disagrees with me on nearly everything) My humanities teacher was the second, always open discussion, never including his opinions. I actually used to stay after class to learn more from him because it was so refreshing to actually find new things in school. Third, was my Chemistry teacher, I didn't do a damned thing in his class, I passed his final but barely, and he failed me. Only class I ever failed, I retook it, just because it seemed like a challenge, and learned a lot.

Other than that, every teacher I had was a socialist, who would tell me how wrong I was to want to be free. I even had one sending me emails daily to explain why I'm wrong and how my positions are stupid. Pretty much every other teacher, just said "READ THIS AND BE QUIET", because that's how to better yourself right? Learn to be quiet and accept what your told early.

I actually was almost suspended because a teacher said that the civil war was fought over the emancipation proclamation, and I called her out on it. Apparently, pointing out that the proclamation happened AFTER the civil war started warrants suspension.

 

[Virtual Isolation]

I would hope that it is more of a state of ignorance rather than stupidity. Ignorance is correctable through education.

I finished high school in 2002 and I can only imagine how much worse it's gotten in the last 10 years. I was lucky to go through a decent school system and I worked my ass off to ensure I had the scores needed to get into a good college.

 

[DamianTV]

Its not possible to beat the stupid out of people, or wisdom into people.

I think that the biggest failure in the educational system comes from the Parents, not the Government. Im sure that there would be a lot of parents that would be willing to spend more time trying to teach their children and provide a better education to them, but they simply dont have the time. Hell, both parents working two full time jobs (if they actually have jobs) just to pay a mortgage on a house they cant afford doesnt leave a whole lot of time for them to be parents while they are slaves to the system.

 

[Noob]

I am a teacher and I can tell you from experience that it is the fault of our welfare society. No one is expected to work for anything anymore. Education is a right to most people so they believe it should be given to them. Most Americans don't realize that an education is an achievement that must be worked for. The way the system is set up now, most people don't see the value in getting an education. As a teacher I have my hands tied in two directions.

First, the majority of students dont want to work or even be there, and I have to spend most of my time on discipline and not educating. If I actually try to push them, most will complain, shutdown, and fail. When they fail, I get in trouble. Trust me it has happened. I was once told that I had too many "F" students and it was obviously my fault. When I tried to explain that they never turned anything in, she told me to stop giving homework.

Secondly, we the teachers are told to work towards a grade. It is set up so that victory is based on students getting a good grade and passing on. Gaining knowledge is not the issue. For example, they tried a policy at two schools I was at. Students could not make lower than a 50 on anything, even if they did not turn it in. Since passing was a 60, they could virtually pass while sleeping. The argument was that if they got a 20 on the first half of the year, then they would not be able to pass because they could not pull that up and would just give up. So basically, what they were saying was that it was not important that they did not learn nearly half of the material, just as long as in the end they would pass.

Government schools are a failure. We should not only take the Federal gov. out of it, we should also take the states out of it two. Schools should be returned to the local community and run by the parents that have the students in the schools. Take away tax money to pay for it, and let it be funded directly from the pocket of the parent (I bet that would make people care more about whether their student was acquiring knowledge).

What would happen if you gave your students an 1,000 question extra credit exam were each right answer was counted as 1 extra credit on the first day of school?

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Who was the first president of the United States?

This guy.....

 

[TheViper]

Who was the first President of the United States? 23 percent

For certain we have a problem with education in the United States but I'm going to call absolute BS on this one. Absolute BS. And when one stat is this far off, it throws the others into dubious territory as well.

I agree that we do have a problem, a very major problem with education but I refuse to belief the statistic above.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

I've had a 3.4 all high school and college, simply because I didn't care enough to suck ass to get a better grade.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

For certain we have a problem with education in the United States but I'm going to call absolute BS on this one. Absolute BS. And when one stat is this far off, it throws the others into dubious territory as well.

I agree that we do have a problem, a very major problem with education but I refuse to belief the statistic above.

On what grounds?

 

[TheViper]

On what grounds?

On the grounds of anecdotes and obvious common sense.

There is absolutely no way that education in high school changed so much from the early 90's to today. When I attended high school, not a single student could be found that couldn't tell you who the first president of the US was. To suggest it suddenly dropped to just 23% is preposterous.

Here you go. All credibility killed.

This is from the results of the quiz. Notice that out of 1,000 students quizzed, none of them got all 10 questions right. Further, none of them even got 9 of 10 correct. In fact, none of them even answered 8 of the 10 questions correctly. I find that dubious in the highest order.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Who was the first President of the United States? 23 percent

I call BS on this. How could anyone NOT know?

 

[Spikender]

I call BS on this. How could anyone NOT know?

I'm starting to see everyone's point on this one... yes, the students I went to school with weren't very smart (a more accurate term would most likely be ignorant) but every single one of them knew who the first President of the United States was.

 

[newbitech]

This guy.....

I don't think so..

 

[donnay]

I call BS on this. How could anyone NOT know?

That is all!

 

[aGameOfThrones]

That is all!

Aimee Teegarden “Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?”

Miss South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton:

“I personally believe, that U.S. Americans,
are unable to do so,
because uh,
some, people out there, in our nation don’t have maps.
and uh…
I believe that our education like such as in South Africa,
and the Iraq,
everywhere like such as…
and, I believe they should uh,
our education over here,
in the U.S. should help the U.S.
or should help South Africa,
and should help the Iraq and Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future,
for us.”

 

[oyarde]

Aimee Teegarden “Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?”

Miss South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton:

“I personally believe, that U.S. Americans,
are unable to do so,
because uh,
some, people out there, in our nation don’t have maps.
and uh…
I believe that our education like such as in South Africa,
and the Iraq,
everywhere like such as…
and, I believe they should uh,
our education over here,
in the U.S. should help the U.S.
or should help South Africa,
and should help the Iraq and Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future,
for us.”

That makes my head hurt , I would rather read Fire 11.

 

[Zap!]

I call bullshit. I refuse to believe that only 23% knew who the first President was. Even among the dumbest people I know, everyone knows who it is.

 

[oyarde]

I call bullshit. I refuse to believe that only 23% knew who the first President was. Even among the dumbest people I know, everyone knows who it is.

Well , I thought so , for a second , but if they really do not know the Pacific & Atlantic , then I guess , I do believe it.

 

[oyarde]

If it is true , public school should be suspended the rest of the year and a 40 percent refund sent to the taxpayers. I support that

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I call bullshit. I refuse to believe that only 23% knew who the first President was. Even among the dumbest people I know, everyone knows who it is.

I like to be snarky and reply "under the AoC or the Constitution?" when people ask me such things.

 

[oyarde]

I like to be snarky and reply "under the AoC or the Constitution?" when people ask me such things.

Under the aoc zero percent would have got that.