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States Ranked: Smart to Dumb [The smartest state is Vermont. The dumbest is Arizona.]
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Posted on 10/25/2005 2:56:49 PM PDT by varyouga
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Another one of these smart-dumb lists but this one seems to have an actual source. The list is also more spread out between red and blue states than the BS ones of the past.
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posted on
10/25/2005 2:56:50 PM PDT
by
varyouga
To: varyouga
Well that explains Mcain but how do you get Leahy in the smartest state?
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posted on
10/25/2005 2:58:25 PM PDT
by
MCRD
To: varyouga
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posted on
10/25/2005 2:58:38 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
("Facts are stupid things." - President Ronald Wilson Reagan)
To: varyouga
Woohoo! Wyoming's in the top 20. :-)
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posted on
10/25/2005 2:59:05 PM PDT
by
TChris
("The central issue is America's credibility and will to prevail" - Goh Chok Tong)
To: varyouga
There are a lot of factors involved in this ranking that have nothing to do with the intelligence or educational levels of the residents.
To: MCRD
Well that explains Mcain but how do you get Leahy in the smartest state?Or Howie Dean?!?!
Mark
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posted on
10/25/2005 2:59:49 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
To: varyouga
How smart can a state be whose motto is, "We don't care who you marry, provided we get the license fee."
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:00:18 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(Dead people voting is the closest the Democrats come to believing in eternal life.)
To: varyouga
California ranks behind Louisiana.
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:01:20 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(Dead people voting is the closest the Democrats come to believing in eternal life.)
To: varyouga
States were graded on 21 factors, including student achievement and attendance, positive outcomes, strong student-teacher relationships and school district efficiency. Any of these related to the purported conclusion?
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:01:24 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: varyouga
...guess all those swedes illegally crossing the border in Arizona don't quite make it up to Vermont before they find work. Remember klintoon was the "education president" even though Arkansas was rated # 48 of all the states.
Doogle
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:01:25 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF...7thAF ..4077th TFW...408th MMS..Ubon Thailand.."69",,Night Line Delivery..AMMO)
To: MCRD
Well that explains Mcain but how do you get Leahy in the smartest state? Bussing.
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:02:17 PM PDT
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: varyouga
These are the top two factors in the "smartness rankings"
1) Public Elementary and Secondary School Revenue per $1,000 Personal Income (Table 55)
2) Percent of Public Elementary and Secondary School Current Expenditures used for Instruction (Table 133) +
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:02:26 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act - Orwell)
To: lepton
Any of these related to the purported conclusion?No.
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:03:04 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act - Orwell)
To: varyouga
The smartest state is Vermont.
How can the biggest communist states be the smartest?
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:03:05 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(We broke Pink's Code and found a terrorist message)
To: varyouga
Remember, they're measuring kids, not adults. Obviously, the more intelligent kids leave Vermont shortly after graduation -- no jobs there, for one thing -- and their place is taken by druggies and college professors and other undesirables.
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:03:16 PM PDT
by
speedy
To: Perdogg
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:03:59 PM PDT
by
Diddle E. Squat
(SonofaBuckner Qualls and Lidge, king and queen of Choke City, USA)
To: MCRD
how do you get Leahy in the smartest state? Obviously, they sent him to DC to bring up their average! ;-)
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:04:50 PM PDT
by
maryz
To: My2Cents
Left California for New Jersey in 1999, public schools a big reason.
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:06:01 PM PDT
by
Gaetano
To: varyouga
I'm amazed- not too many years ago Florida ranked 48th. It's now 36th. Of course we HAVE had Jeb for over 4 years now...:)
Get this- CALIFORNIA...the liberal haven is 46th!!!!!
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:07:18 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: Gaetano
We live in Calif., and homeschooled our three kids for the same reason you moved to NJ.
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posted on
10/25/2005 3:07:30 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(Dead people voting is the closest the Democrats come to believing in eternal life.)
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