Are Americans dumb?

Question

Didnt we used to lead the world in education?

What was that dumbing down thing? Who decided to make the tests easier instead of making us learn more? Who's in control of this?

Answer 1

I agree with you. However, can you imagine the uproar if the government tried to educate instead of providing an "I'm OK, You're OK" feel good experience? The ACLU would jam the courts for years.

The "No Child Left Behind" program will ensure that America is left behind in the long run.

Besides, with that tool in the White House (I am not a democrat, so that's not a partisan swipe at the W) who mispronounces words... what incentive do kids have?
Mom: You failed a spelling and grammar test?
Son: Yeah, but don't worry. I'll just be President.

Answer 2

We spend our money on wars and we outsource our technologically demanding jobs to a few elite americans and a whole lot of asians. Americans are kept dumb on purpose. If everyone was wise to the real situation in the world then.......

Answer 3

The quality of education depends on where you live which is very wrong. Americans in general are kept in ignorance of World Affairs by the American Media. Religion is the Opium of the Masses..... to quote Karl Marx.....

Answer 4

The government , lazy parents, introduction of drugs all drugs including prescription, Closing of schools= teachers overwhelmed due to overcrowded classrooms and low pay, lack of supplies and equipment. The media, and television= bad influences, self esteem issues, addictions, teen pregnancy, racism...etc. I could go on. And also I'm a black women and I have an IQ of 137 I think that it's above the "retard" level.

Answer 5

Not completely. Dumb people get more attention. People want to watch it. Dumb is funny to a lot of people.
What is scary is Devolution. Meaning smart people have less or no children while stupid people, the most unqualified to have children have the most children.

Answer 6

Well, if you've ever seen the new show, "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?" with Jeff Foxworthy, I would say there are an awful lot of people who our education system has failed tremendously !

Answer 7

yes our gov, has deliberately dumbed down America and it Started when we integrated our schools as the blacks were not smart enough to get passing grades so they tried to give blacks a passing grade if they made a 50 that would be the same as white making a 70 , and the blacks disrupted the classes so much no one black or white could learn anything, so In turn colleges had to lower their entrance scores to have enough students to teach, many of our top professors left America to teach in other country's , most said they could not teach idiots who couldn't read or write to be engineers, scientist, etc, so we came in 5th place this year in Math, science, technology. and engineering , the country's we accused of being prejudice came in ahead of us , India, south Korea, Japan< and china , we were always in 1st place before we became P,C, and proved we were not prejudice, I wonder is this stupid course going to be the down fall of America???

Answer 8

I don't believe you were part of the "we" but i can see who got "Dumb Downed" but not to worry looks like you went to school with Scorpio.

Answer 9

The liberals who feel that it's better to be stupid than for one child to leave the system with low self-esteem.

Answer 10

Americans dumb? No. Take a look at our country, our military. Illegal aliens dumb? Yes. Why? Because they hardly know English and they're really not that interested in changing their lifestyle to that of an American who knows US History, English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, etc. And without knowing the primary language of this country, it'll get them no where.. And it will continue to ruin our children's future. Our children shouldn't be forced to learn in a classroom crowded with illegal immigrants who don't even belong here. Americans should come first, and frankly, this whole "no child left behind" statement pisses me the fcuk off.

The dumbing-down of America continues apace. Not enough black and Mexican kids have been able to get into "advanced" classes reserved for children who demonstrate higher IQs. These classes invariably fill up with mostly white children so the NEA-dominated public school system is responding by lowering the admission standards. (Who do they think they are? The United States military?)

The International Herald Tribune reports that "Florida policymakers are considering changes to the state's gifted education program that could redefine the smart kid and let more join the club next school year. The proposal, which effectively lowers IQ standards, has the potential to reshape one of public education's most loved and loathed programs." It takes no special gift to read between the lines here: "redefining the smart kid" means redefining the white kid out of the picture.

The Herald Tribune goes on: "The new admission requirements could strip the program of its elitist aura, opening special classes to students who work hard, not just those who post genius IQ scores." Well, working hard is fine, and in today's society it's certainly a rare attribute in public school students, but it doesn't rate as gifted, especially since "working hard" by today's standards probably wouldn't have even earned a passing grade forty years ago when public schools had serious standards and those who didn't meet those standards failed a grade. "Elitist aura," as we can all guess, means "the smart white kids are making the blacks and Mexicans look bad again."

The Herald Tribune babbles on: "At the heart of the debate is the question of what it means to be gifted, a subject educators have debated since the first IQ test was developed in 1905, but which has reached a fever pitch in the past decade as more states turn away from the time-honored intelligence measure to things like artistic talent and even a student's motivation level. If the rules are changed, students with IQ scores of 120 to 129 (just below the gifted mark and only one level above average) would be admitted as long as their FCAT or national test scores are high enough. Parents and teachers, long frustrated by limited access to the elite program viewed as key to success in every step of life, are cheering. Parents of gifted children and some gifted-education advocates say the changes could steal services from the truly gifted students who need them."

There's more to the article, but we all get the picture. Advanced classes of the kind now being virtually eliminated from all public school systems around the country are one of the few ways in which it has been possible for white children from poor and middle class families to get a decent education of sorts, if only because it removed them from an environment filled with noisy, obnoxious and very stupid minorities who make it impossible to learn because it is simply impossible for anyone to hear the teacher over their non-stop talking.

For many minority students school is just a place to hang out with their friends –never mind the "old White fool" at the chalk board trying to teach something. It is an open secret that many teachers and administrators who still felt some sense of duty to their students have long used advanced classes as a means of getting around the destructive effects and results of racial integration in the schools, a way to make sure that the white children are not dragged down completely to the chaotic level of the gang bangers so they can have some chance to learn. Now it looks like this last avenue of escape will be cut off. Decent education will belong only to the rich who can pay for private schools which are safe, competently staffed, and mostly white.