tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post1067620509656640216..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: I Am Civically Literate Enough to Write This BlogDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-53147672900006392992008-11-27T13:57:00.000-08:002008-11-27T13:57:00.000-08:00I got 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %, although I...I got 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %, although I am in the UK. 5 of the 8 wrong were US specific (4 were legal ones), and at least one of the others was due to semantic errors, possibly on my part- like Efrique said about picking the wrong one of two possibles. I feel a bit sheepish at being the lowest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-92076109461346767692008-11-27T01:51:00.000-08:002008-11-27T01:51:00.000-08:00I scored 88.something% which probably means I know...I scored 88.something% which probably means I know more about these questions than the average american and I'm from germany with no special background in american history and government.<BR/><BR/>How can that be possible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-34569111044624284012008-11-26T16:19:00.000-08:002008-11-26T16:19:00.000-08:00And it is disheartening that foreigners, even well...And it is disheartening that foreigners, even well informed ones, can score better on a test like this than most Americans.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-59284059003930297782008-11-26T14:32:00.000-08:002008-11-26T14:32:00.000-08:00More about the ISI: Wikipedia, Sourcewatch. Dkos a...More about the ISI: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercollegiate_Studies_Institute" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Intercollegiate_Studies_Institute" REL="nofollow">Sourcewatch</A>. Dkos and Conservapedia have nothing that I can find.<BR/><BR/>While they do seem to be of a conservative bent, they are at least advocating <I>education</I> based on some actual <I>objective facts</I> about US government -- in sharp contrast to the garbage being promoted by some varieties of conservatism. (Can anyone point to anything bad or good the ISI has done? I'll <A HREF="http://issuepedia.org/Intercollegiate_Studies_Institute" REL="nofollow">document it</A>...)<BR/><BR/>Maybe this explains the wording of the correct answer to #10, i.e. they do think the Constitution guarantees that religion will be provided to all, whether we want it or not... but that's the only test item I can pick even a tiny bone with.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-28178037349669037022008-11-26T13:04:00.000-08:002008-11-26T13:04:00.000-08:00I did the quiz late last week and got 80-something...I did the quiz late last week and got 80-something percent, I think - (not bad for another foreigner, though a couple of them I was kicking myself for jumping the wrong way on a choice between two plausible-looking options).Efriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526031804261484547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-45910078981883598982008-11-26T11:48:00.000-08:002008-11-26T11:48:00.000-08:00Believe it or not, I couldn't remember the phrase ...Believe it or not, I couldn't remember the phrase from the Declaration of Independence (question #1, I believe). 32 out of 33.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-13507926370423759562008-11-26T11:14:00.000-08:002008-11-26T11:14:00.000-08:00I dunno how much weight I'd give to a quiz develop...I dunno how much weight I'd give to a quiz developed by a conservative religious anarchocapitalist group which publishes books by Rick Santorum. ISI is an activist ideological group, not an objective thinktank.Cap'n Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558951624021488338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-34753986674531818032008-11-26T08:21:00.000-08:002008-11-26T08:21:00.000-08:00It told me "You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — ...It told me "You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %"<BR/><BR/>I missed number 8 -- I couldn't recall whether or not the Costitution defined the number of supreme court justices, and guessed incorrectly.stevechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03031509310091443835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-82885592366848341082008-11-26T06:56:00.000-08:002008-11-26T06:56:00.000-08:00I only gotted 30/33, but I guess that's not to...I only gotted 30/33, but I guess that's not too terrible. Better than the November average, and way better than "college educators".<BR/><BR/>(I never took US History in high school. Technically, I never graduated...)<BR/><BR/>Blogging -- Your Key to a Better Education.™<BR/><BR/>Missed #4 (who?), #8 (oh, that happened? news to me...), and #10 (I take slight issue with the phrasing of the correct answer... "religion" could be taken to mean that it guarantees the <I>existence</I> of religion, i.e. all citizens will be provided with hot-and-cold running religion in every garage... in retrospect, it's obvious they meant "freedom of".)Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-89757129933938103482008-11-26T05:49:00.000-08:002008-11-26T05:49:00.000-08:00I did not so well.I don't want to talk about it.I did not so well.<BR/><BR/>I don't want to talk about it.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268407996242055175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-68156336688679308312008-11-26T05:37:00.000-08:002008-11-26T05:37:00.000-08:00That's scary... I don't even live in the US and I ...That's scary... I don't even live in the US and I still scored way higher (84.85 %) than the average American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com