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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By: Marybeth Hicks
11/13/2012 03:57 PM
It was only 7:15 last Tuesday evening when my daughter, who works in
conservative journalism, texted me to say the election was lost. For a
painful four hours, I watched the results confirm her early analysis. When
it was clear the president would be re-elected and Republican challenger
Mitt Romney had lost, I took an over-the-counter sleep aid and went to bed.
On Wednesday, I began a weeklong home improvement bender, drowning my
sorrows in a five-gallon bucket of latex paint the color of vanilla creme.
But there was no painting over my pessimism about the future.
I didn’t need to watch TV or listen to talk radio to know what happened. I
certainly didn’t need to read the endless analyses about ground games and
turnout and demographics and the impact of Superstorm Sandy on pre-election
optics.
I already knew why President Obama handily won a second term, despite all
indications that a plurality of Americans simply are not confident the
country is heading in the right direction, or that our president is the man
to lead us toward a more prosperous economy and a more secure place in the
world.
You see, more than a year ago I wrote the book that explains it all. It’s
called “Don’t Let the Kids Drink the Kool-Aid: Confronting the Left’s
Assault on Our Families, Faith, and Freedom,” and in it, I proved our young
adults already have been molded to be the first generation of American
socialists.
It’s not some wacko conspiracy theory. It’s just research that shows the
influence of our education system, media and pop culture have instilled in
most young people a lack of understanding about economics and free markets,
as well as a misconception about the proper role of government in our daily
lives.
Here’s some of what I learned and shared in the book:
Going back more than six years, it’s clear our nation’s college students
are largely civically illiterate. According to surveys from the
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, college freshmen typically flunk a 60-
question civics test with an average score of just better than 51 percent;
college seniors flunk it with a score of around 53 percent.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, our country’s
high schools taught less about the constitution in 2010 than they did in
2006, a trend that continues. In fact, in 2010, only 67 percent of high
school seniors studied our founding documents, meaning about a third don’t
study our government in the year before they are eligible to vote.
Based on National Assessment of Education Progress tests, the formal
assessment exams given to students across the nation to gauge what they’re
learning, American students exhibit an alarming lack of proficiency in
government and economics.
As of 2006 (the last year for which statistics were available when I
researched the book), only 36 percent of high school seniors could name the
government’s primary source of income. (That would be taxes, kids.) Only 33
percent could explain the effect of an increase in real interest rates on
consumer borrowing, and a scant 11 percent could analyze how a change in
unemployment rates affects income, spending and production.
And of course, it’s not just young adults who are civically illiterate. In
2008, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute administered a basic 33-question
civic literacy test to a random sample of 2,508 American adults.
Respondents had a range of educational attainment from high school diplomas
to advanced degrees.
Questions came from past institute surveys, as well as from nationally
recognized exams, such as the U.S. government’s citizenship test and the
National Assessment of Education Progress test. Respondents also were asked
questions regarding their level of engagement in other activities that may
or may not contribute to civic literacy.
The average score for all Americans who took this straightforward civic
literacy test was 49 percent, or an “F,” proving the apple doesn’t fall
far from the civically illiterate tree.
Which brings us to last week’s presidential election. Exit polls revealed
that a stunning 42 percent of voters said Mr. Obama’s response to
Superstorm Sandy was “important” when making their decisions about whom to
vote for in the election.
That’s about what you’d expect from a civically illiterate electorate. | G***G
发帖数: 16778 | 2 jesus, I don't even know what socialism is.
anyone can teach me about what socialism is?
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: By: Marybeth Hicks
: 11/13/2012 03:57 PM
: It was only 7:15 last Tuesday evening when my daughter, who works in
: conservative journalism, texted me to say the election was lost. For a
: painful four hours, I watched the results confirm her early analysis. When
: it was clear the president would be re-elected and Republican challenger
: Mitt Romney had lost, I took an over-the-counter sleep aid and went to bed.
: On Wednesday, I began a weeklong home improvement bender, drowning my
: sorrows in a five-gallon bucket of latex paint the color of vanilla creme.
: But there was no painting over my pessimism about the future.
| p**j
发帖数: 7063 | 3 国家管分配，干多干少一个样，干好干坏一个样。
【在 G***G 的大作中提到】
: jesus, I don't even know what socialism is.
: anyone can teach me about what socialism is?
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