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I feel a lot smarter now, Thank you!
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/package.jsp?name=fte/smartstates/smartstates
States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest I live in Massachusetts and I feel great! some of you in California have some catching up to do.  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) 35. Oregon 36. Arkansas 37. Kentucky 38. Georgia 39. Florida 40. Oklahoma 41. Tennessee 42. Hawaii 43. California 44. Alabama 45. Alaska 46. Louisiana 47. Mississippi 48. Arizona 49. Nevada 50. New Mexico Last edited by on-ramp; 10-19-2004 at 06:12 AM.. |
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 Massachusetts is on the way to Maine, right?
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Can we say, the colder the smartest ? Too bad Canada was not included in the survey
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43rd ouch. Oh well, so much more education to be had than in-school testing.
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Re: I feel a lot smarter now, Thank you!
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10-19-2004, 07:20 AM
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I feel less smart for having read the list!
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********************** Bill Smoak What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul! |
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10-19-2004, 07:23 AM
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hey island911, do you feel better about yourself when you put other people down? perhaps a trait of someone who's insecure. My post was meant to be sarcastically humurous, what's your problem, man. what's with the insult? |
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My post was meant to be sarcastically humurous, what's your problem, man. You had just slammed every other state in the union. You got a bit of pay-back . . ..from the not-as-smart-as-you crowd.
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Yeah, I've seen this kind of stuff before. But you know what? Us dumb a$$es here in Tennessee don't keep re-electing an old drunken murderer & Mr. I can marry more money in 5 minutes than I can make in a lifetime as a socialist politician to represent us in the senate. I say BS!
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ok, that's cool, now that we've cleared that up.....
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Jersey is ranked 4th!
Ok, we may glow in the dark (due to all the nuclear waste), but at least we're smart!  -Z-man.
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10-19-2004, 07:47 AM
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In order for Mass. to be at the top of this list, the survey must have specifically excluded Red Sox fans.
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10-19-2004, 07:49 AM
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Some of the criteria is strange - money spent per student, classroom size, pupil to teacher ratio? Those don't make you smarter. They may add to the learning experience, but don't add anything to intelligence.
And why do you get points off for violence. Hell, that lowers the rank of TX and FL and probably Michigan w/o even taking into account the school systems. How about indoor plumbing and sensible shoes? This study looks like a play for more money for education. Short of giving everyone an IQ test, how can one really tell which is the "smartest" state?
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10-19-2004, 07:57 AM
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your logic is flawed, jp. Nearly everyone in MA is a Red Sox fan. And most of VT, and nearly half of CT, too. Sox fandom = intelligence?
Sincerely, CJFusco - born and raised in CT, MA college graduate
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10-19-2004, 08:01 AM
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me soooo dumbie
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You mean we're up to 50 states now?
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So if I move from California to Massachusetts I can simultaneously raise California's rating and lower Massachusetts' AND have Kennedy and Kerry as my senators? (note to self: move to Massachusetts - send Dear John letter to Boxer and Feinstein)
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That can't be correct. For one thing, our state is spelled (K)alifornia.
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Re: I feel a lot smarter now, Thank you!
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Nevada is #49....No wonder I am feling so DUMB.....either that or I am the smartest one in the state...but that isn't anything to brag about really is it at #49....I guess I can lord it over anybody from #50 New Mexico...
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