Here's the Civics Literacy Test I referenced in the previous post. You can take it yourself. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that the average score was 49%...and that office-holders scored even lower...but I'm just totally shocked. And disgusted.
I missed one because I answered what government should do, while the question was really what government was likely to do. Silly me. They're rarely the same, and I should have factored that in my answer!
In any case, this should make you feel better about yourself—and how above-average you are. And who can't use that from time to time?
The Gunslinger
Joebama American citizens 2024 print
9 months ago
I missed two for pretty much the same reason. The fact that elected officials scored worse than we did scares me greatly.
ReplyDelete30/33
ReplyDeleteGuys, that puts us all over 90%...and our "leaders" are hitting under 50%.
ReplyDeleteThere needs to be a test for citizenship, voting and office-holding.
Send the short bus for me, I missed 5. Although I will argue two of mine as being more correct.
ReplyDeleteIn the urban ghetto jungle of this nascent twenty-first century, the writen words 'You Are' is reduced to 'U R.'
ReplyDeleteThat's how you speak to these people.
Cause they sure can't speak to you..........fred call
... missed two... 10 and 33 but #33 really is somewhat debatable... and I´m from Germany...
ReplyDeleteCould I now study at Harvard...?
I missed 3 altogether. And except for the one I noted in the post, I feel I can defend my answers as at least "equally" correct as the one the testers chose.
ReplyDeleteThey were the ones regarding "taxes & spending" and "public works".
On taxes and spending, my answer was that if taxes and spending are equal, there is no debt. Not sure how they count that as a "wrong" answer!
On "Public Works", I chose the answer that dealt with the public's DEMAND for the projects. The testers, based on their answer were focusing on who PAID for the projects.