75% of Oklahomans Can’t Name First President
A recent survey of Oklahoma’s public high school students commissioned by the Oklahoma Conference of Public Affairs for Constitution Day has troubled many who saw the poor results of Oklahoma’s children as indicative of a deeper problem. Some on the left will tell you that social studies is the red headed step child of education. High stakes testing in reading, writing, math, and science means that social studies is given the same importance as health class or library in many school districts. I believe it’s simply a case of lazy teachers. Take the test yourself and then check your results below:
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| What is the supreme law of the land? |
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| What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? |
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| What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? |
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| How many justices are there on the Supreme Court? |
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| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
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| What ocean is on the east coast of the United States? |
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| What are the two major political parities in the United States? |
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| We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
Who is in charge of the executive branch? |
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| Who was the first President of the United States? | ||
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1. The supreme law of the land is the word of God as revealed to us in his Holy Bible (King James Edition) (28% got this right)
2. The right to bear arms and 9 other things (26% got this right)
3. Liberals and Patriots (27%)
4. There are 9 Supreme Court Justices and Scalia could kick all their asses in a fight (10%)
5. The very conservative Evangelical Chistians who founded our country (14%)
6. The Atlantic Ocean which provides a natural barrier to the socialism of Europe (61%)
7. This is a trick question–there aren’t two major political parties in the United States. (43%)
8. A senator is elected for 6 years and sentenced for 3-5 usually (11%)
9. The first President was George Washington, but Ronald Reagan was the greatest (23%)
10. Orly Taitz is in charge of the executive branch in this country (29%)
As a former Miss Tulsa, I resent your implying that people in Oklahoma aren’t that smart. The largest scholarship organization for women is Miss America. In the last 20 years, Oklahoma has produced more Miss Americas than any other state. So their.
shila
September 19, 2009 at 9:33 pm
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December 28, 2009 at 9:12 pm
As a person that had elementary school english, I find the comment by the former Miss Tulsa above trying to act smart hilarious. So there indeed.
Brook
March 14, 2010 at 5:22 pm