Such studies of the state of education are regularly published by the
mainstream media in the US, so this should be common knowledge for
literate people.

Interesting that you insinuate that those who differ from your prejudices
aren't literate people. The U.S. mainstream media is hardly unbiased. Of
course I've seen on television programs where befuddled U.S. college students
couldn't locate the U.S. on a globe, but to imply that nearly all Americans are
that ignorant is clearly inaccurate.

I am sure if you look you can find references for such
studies.

I'm sure if you look, you can find references to a time when aeronautical
engineers still "proved" that the common bumblebee couldn't fly, due to its
weight/lift ratio.

In short, just because it's a 'reference', it doesn't have to be factual.





James S. Prine

"Colonel David Crockett...would *not* have supported Kerry."

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