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Smartest states award
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:24 am
by KNINE
Re: Smartest states award (K-NINE)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:26 am
by GrayFox
whooo hoooo!!!! Arkansas gained 5 spots!!! Go #32!!!! I'm not associated with the people in my state... I just live here
Re: Smartest states award (ANO_Vibe)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:28 am
by BlueCrush
What? How did WI & IA beat MN? lol. Wow! MN dropped 7 spots. We got way Dummer! Ya, Sure!
Re: Smartest states award (silverawd26)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:36 am
by GrayFox
Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 »Your associated with em. Crap! oh well... Go #32!!!!
Re: Smartest states award (silverawd26)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:38 am
by KNINE
Okay, Silver, if you insist on knowing the whole story, here's the link.
http://www.wgal.com/news/10097181/detail.htmlIsn't it just more fun to joke on states that ranked lower than yours? Virginia is #6 by the way. Woo Hoo!
Re: Smartest states award (K-NINE)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:57 am
by scherry2
the home state Wisconsin stayed the same in 8th.
Re: Smartest states award (K-NINE)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:57 am
by Mavrik
Alaska is 46? not a surprise lol
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:59 am
by Atomb
interesting to put another column next to the list with how they voted in the last election....oops...not in the political section...disregard!
Re: Smartest states award (ANO_Vibe)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:02 am
by VforVIBE
Quote, originally posted by ANO_Vibe » Go #32!!!! HA!!! GO 29!!!! up 7!
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:24 am
by engineertwin2
As expected, I'm an Arizonan who will take issue with this "award".Any determination of intelligence that uses education dollars per student and student-teacher ratios is askew if you ask me. While I would agree that parents should desire a low student-to-teacher ratio in order to provide more individualized attention, that in no way serves as an indication of intelligence. After all, teaching kids isn't like digging ditches. The value of a school should not be measured in the quantity of educators, but rather in the quality of the educators.And for those of you who believe throwing money at the problem will fix things, that's bad too. After all, if I spend $100,000 to educate a chimp, is that gonna make it exceptionally smart and highly intelligent? I don't think so.The survey does reveal that Arizona needs to address its education system, but if you ask me, this interpretation of intelligence is an effort to provide publicity to an otherwise ridiculous poll.I'm sorry, I'll step off of my soap box now and let everyone take a shot at me...
Re: (engineertwin2)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:26 am
by drunkenmaxx
ladies and gentlemen, the wind has left the sails.this was posted just for fun man!
Re: (engineertwin2)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:29 am
by VforVIBE
Quote, originally posted by engineertwin2 »As expected, I'm an Arizonan who will take issue with this "award".Any determination of intelligence that uses education dollars per student and student-teacher ratios is askew if you ask me. While I would agree that parents should desire a low student-to-teacher ratio in order to provide more individualized attention, that in no way serves as an indication of intelligence. After all, teaching kids isn't like digging ditches. The value of a school should not be measured in the quantity of educators, but rather in the quality of the educators.And for those of you who believe throwing money at the problem will fix things, that's bad too. After all, if I spend $100,000 to educate a chimp, is that gonna make it exceptionally smart and highly intelligent? I don't think so.The survey does reveal that Arizona needs to address its education system, but if you ask me, this interpretation of intelligence is an effort to provide publicity to an otherwise ridiculous poll.I'm sorry, I'll step off of my soap box now and let everyone take a shot at me...Dude, breath, in and out, no one's being mean here.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:36 am
by engineertwin2
I know...I know it seems I took it too seriously, but I got home-state pride if you know what I mean...Some peeps out there don't apply critical thinking (yeah, I know, they are mostly from Arizona according to the latest intelligence reports, lol) and I'm just trying to toss out the critical eye....Consider me put in my place.
Re: (engineertwin2)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:01 am
by VforVIBE
Quote, originally posted by engineertwin2 »Consider me put in my place.Good, and don't let me see you out of place again. any way, I though I would come out and say something that's been on my mind for a while now... FL & NY are the BEST States EVER!!!
Re: (engineertwin2)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:21 am
by NUBlackshirts
Quote, originally posted by engineertwin2 »After all, if I spend $100,000 to educate a chimp, is that gonna make it exceptionally smart and highly intelligent?Umm, compared to kids? No.Compared to other chimps? It will be a genius!!!
Re: (engineertwin2)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:11 am
by KNINE
I'm sorry, I'll step off of my soap box now and let everyone take a shot at me...[/QUOTE]Nobody was trying to take shots at your state. That's what we have Washington D.C. for. JUST KIDDING!!!
Re: (engineertwin2)
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:23 am
by tcam
lol, good stuff.Quote, originally posted by engineertwin2 »I know...I know it seems I took it too seriously, but I got home-state pride if you know what I mean...Some peeps out there don't apply critical thinking (yeah, I know, they are mostly from Arizona according to the latest intelligence reports, lol) and I'm just trying to toss out the critical eye....Consider me put in my place.I'm sure that all of the imigration from mexico doesn't help. whether the kids are legal or not, the education in Mexico doesn't even compare to the US. And there are a tonnnnn of kids from Mexico here in Tucson schools.
Re: (tcam)
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:03 pm
by 808 Vibes
HAAHAAAA...I figured we'd be there on the bottom somewhere! We're number 42! We're number 42! We're....