[-]Idiocracy[/-] NEA at work.
Her latest was politics and it was pretty scary some of the wrong answers people gave to simple questions such as "Who is the governor of New York?"
Oh, gosh! If there was only some way that we could have a smaller group of learned individuals who would represent us and vote for us on matters of policy and planning, rather than just leave it all to whoever can find a polling place.
I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.
It explains a lot but probably has never been much different.
I know you're kidding, but for those who might not get the reference, I think M Paquette is referring to this quote from William F. Buckley:
Would you believe "The Federalist #57", by that James Madison dude?
With these "I can't believe these people are soooo stupid" videos, we don't know how many respondents video clips were NOT used.
A similar tactic often used by local TV stations here is to take some late-breaking news event, and then "get the reaction" of moms in school afternoon pickup lines. The one-on-one video clip always starts with the persons response. They never show the "reporter" (ugh, I cringe at the misuse of the term!) rattling off some info blurb that the person has not heard before. It is obvious, well, at least to me, that the person responding did not hear of it before, and is coming up with something quick to satisfy the "reporter". And here again, how many respondent's video is trashed to select out the few they really want? News, or entertainment. Unfortunately, for some in the business, they are one and the same.
Yea, it is all the teachers' fault. They should go home with these kids at night and make them do their homework instead of playing video games. Lazy bums.Fixed it for you.
Yea, it is all the teachers' fault. They should go home with these kids at night and make them do their homework instead of playing video games. Lazy bums.
Who is Brad Pitt?
How many of them can spell "exigesis"
Probably fewer than you think.
Plus students are another subgroup that tends to get caught in voter suppression schemes and this kind of stunt plays to the crowd that thinks that they shouldn't be voting anyway."Ask the person on the street" type surveys are always skewed. After all, they can just edit all the correct answers. The correct answers are not entertaining video, so my guess is we don't see the students who actually knew the right answers to the political and historical questions.
Another thought: Perhaps they should try interviewing the students that are actually in the library studying.
"Ask the person on the street" type surveys are always skewed. After all, they can just edit all the correct answers. The correct answers are not entertaining video, so my guess is we don't see the students who actually knew the right answers to the political and historical questions.
Another thought: Perhaps they should try interviewing the students that are actually in the library studying.