20-10-2004 06:38									#1
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Oh lord, Nevada continues its not-so-proud tradition of being high in everything you want to be low in and low in everything you want to be high in...

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/pa...tes/smartstates

States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest
The smartest state in the union for the second consecutive year is Massachusetts.

The dumbest, for the third year in a row, is New Mexico.

These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.

How does YOUR state rank?

1. Massachusetts
   
2. Connecticut
   
3. Vermont
   
4. New Jersey
   
5. Wisconsin
   
6. New York
   
7. Minnesota
   
8. Iowa
   
9. Pennsylvania
   
10. Montana
    
    
    
11. Maine
    
12. Virginia
    
13. Nebraska
    
14. New Hampshire
    
15. Kansas
    
16. Wyoming
    
17. Indiana
    
18. Maryland
    
19. North Dakota
    
20. Ohio
    
    
    
21. Colorado
    
22. South Dakota
    
23. Rhode Island
    
24. Illinois
    
25. North Carolina
    
26. Missouri
    
27. Delaware
    
28. Utah
    
29. Idaho
    
30. Washington
    
    
    
31. Michigan
    
32. South Carolina
    
33. Texas and West Virginia (tie)
    
34. Oregon
    
35. Arkansas
    
36. Kentucky
    
37. Georgia
    
38. Florida
    
39. Oklahoma
    
    
    
40. Tennessee
    
41. Hawaii
    
42. California
    
43. Alabama
    
44. Alaska
    
45. Louisiana
    
46. Mississippi
    
47. Arizona
    
48. Nevada
    
49. New Mexico
    

	20-10-2004 06:42									#2
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They should count Northern Virginia as a separate state

	20-10-2004 06:45									#3
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Woo... New Jersey is #4!

	20-10-2004 06:50									#4
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Iowa is in the TOP TEN!!!!

	20-10-2004 07:00									#5
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I know why they won.. because their state is quite difficult to spell. by the way, I have the perfect pronounciation for it, so that makes me like extra cool and stuff, but the point is, none of these other bozos can even spell massachusetts. *looking up* holy cow! I got it right the first time! No surprises there, I'm the man actually in case you didn't know it yet. Now just think about our master race.. most of you bozos (outside Poly) don't even know where we are, or that we exist. Thus, it makes us the master race and the ultimate future enforcerer. I just wanted to say enforcerer. OK what's next? WHAT? cell phones gone wild video? This should be good..

	20-10-2004 07:02									#6
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I might as well be the first to make the obligatory point that all of the top nine states voted Democratic in 2000.

That is all.



EDIT: grammar (thanks Verto)

Last edited by Guynemer on 20-10-2004 at 07:19

	20-10-2004 07:03									#7
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Sometimes, Pekka, we have to wonder whether you are all here .

	20-10-2004 07:11									#8
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General Sherman shall pay.

	20-10-2004 07:14									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Guynemer I might as well the first to make the obligatory point that all of the top nine states voted Democratic in 2000. That is all.

	20-10-2004 07:15									#10
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Yeah, but New Mexico voted Democrat in 2000 as well .

	20-10-2004 07:16									#11
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I might as well [be] the first to make the obligatory point that all of the top nine states do not share a border with Mexico, and do not suffer from the extreme burden of illegal immigration.

	20-10-2004 07:16									#12
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43-48 are bush states, right?

	20-10-2004 07:17									#13
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I'd also like to point out the first SOUTHERN STATE is at 25.

	20-10-2004 07:18									#14
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Um.. Sava.. Virginia is at 12.

	20-10-2004 07:19									#15
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sssshhhh!!!

	20-10-2004 07:19									#16
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I'd like to point out that the last is best being last. Best fails in that one. MISERABLY.

	20-10-2004 07:19									#17
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still 1 out of top 24 are south... that's bad

	20-10-2004 07:21									#18
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It's worse for the SouthWest (and the West Coast states).

	20-10-2004 07:23									#19
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I'd like to point out what's bad is best at being not good, and good is far away from that, now if we objectively look at that situation, what is good, what is bad, what's the difference. Sometimes good is bad and sometimes bad is good. Only history can tell us what the future will bring.. in time. So in fact, this thing is not only racist, it's also not significant in any way, how was this test conducted.. I bet they asked names of french wines, which we know the northern states can do, being france collaboraters and generally not very tough, more like sissy, and when you really think about it, it depends where are we looking it from.. what if the viewer is standing on his head, then south is north and north is south, not to mention the score board would be flip flop too. Just making a point here.

	20-10-2004 07:26									#20
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pekka is going insane

	20-10-2004 07:26									#22
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He's been hearing too much campaign stuff .

	20-10-2004 07:27									#23
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OMG! Verto is a racist! OMG!!

	20-10-2004 07:29									#24
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Imran, maybe. Check out SuperCitizenFactCheck.com and you'll see that I've alwyas been right and you've been always wrong when you have had a different opinion than mine.

	20-10-2004 07:32									#25
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SuperCitizen
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Racists

	20-10-2004 07:32									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui OMG! Verto is a racist! OMG!!

No, the United States Department of Commerce is.

	20-10-2004 07:33									#27
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Well we knew they were.. .after all, they are the government

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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui OMG! Verto is a racist! OMG!!

	20-10-2004 07:35									#29
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs Oh lord, Nevada continues its not-so-proud tradition of being high in everything you want to be low in and low in everything you want to be high in... http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/pa...tes/smartstates States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest The smartest state in the union for the second consecutive year is Massachusetts. The dumbest, for the third year in a row, is New Mexico. These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence. How does YOUR state rank? Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont New Jersey Wisconsin New York Minnesota Iowa Pennsylvania Montana Maine Virginia Nebraska New Hampshire Kansas Wyoming Indiana Maryland North Dakota Ohio Colorado South Dakota Rhode Island Illinois North Carolina Missouri Delaware Utah Idaho Washington Michigan South Carolina Texas and West Virginia (tie) Oregon Arkansas Kentucky Georgia Florida Oklahoma Tennessee Hawaii California Alabama Alaska Louisiana Mississippi Arizona Nevada New Mexico

aww. more proof we live in the greatest state in the union.

	20-10-2004 07:36									#30
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What was # 50?

Edit: Oh, I see.