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chascates's avatar

Well, if we didn't have all government schools and let the Free Hand of the Market innovate new pedagogy America would return to what the Founders intended when they opened the Western Expansion.

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Gherkins d'Resistance's avatar

Woodja rather hav 13 doller's or 1 doller's? WE AR BETTER, IT'S' A FACT!

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Gherkins d'Resistance's avatar

Big deal, it's only one letter different, and only matters if you can read gud.

Nobody cares that now we're "The Shiting City On A Hill"

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Gherkins d'Resistance's avatar

This a trick or somethin? Yeeros are them Fallafle things! I ain't eetin none of them, I ain't care if you gimme ten.

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Lefty Mark's avatar

In this country we are all inspired by our role models in the US Congress.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

These are U.S. American adults. . . just wait until the conservatards' recent efforts bear fruit.

State-by-state results ought to be enlightening - or would be, if they didn't use those darned elitist numbers (and fancy $1.99 words) when reporting them.

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

Suddenly Ralph Wiggum isn’t so funny.

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AngryBlakGuy's avatar

The fact that <strong>ANY</strong> country is dumber than us is fukkin scary. I can only imagine what the Italian and Spanish version of a Tea-Tard acts like?!

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Probably much like the Greek version.

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Painter of Goats's avatar

When they were analyzing "digital skills" did they include masturbation? Just based on our own Wonketariat I think we are much better than 15th.

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Ikimizi's avatar

The study is clearly flawed. Most of them countries can't even speak English. And as for "problem-solving in a technology-rich environment", we are easily the best at making the boss think we're working when we're actually watching porn.

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Bourgeois Nerd's avatar

Oh, I'm so very sorry! Pladomas are a terrible form of cancer.

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Incoming Ham's avatar

When your government is run by a bunch of predominantly Ivy League lawyers with money, it's in their interest in their constituency being far less educated. If you can use religion, so much the better - that generates paralysing fear.

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