{"id":6073,"date":"2008-11-24T07:41:26","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T07:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/11\/us-officials-failed-basic-civi.html"},"modified":"2008-11-24T07:41:26","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T07:41:26","slug":"us-officials-failed-basic-civi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/11\/us-officials-failed-basic-civi.html","title":{"rendered":"US officials failed basic civics test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, you always knew your elected officials weren’t the sharpest knifes in the drawer, here’s confirmation<\/a>:<\/p>\n

US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday.
\nOrdinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).
\n“It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI’s civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned,” said Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at ISI.
\n“How can political leaders make informed decisions if they don’t understand the American experience?” he added.
\n[…]
\nAsked about the electoral college, 20 percent of elected officials incorrectly said it was established to “supervise the first televised presidential debates.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh boy! Sounds like Obama voters \ud83d\ude42 Maybe it’s time the public schools replaced sex education with American history and government.
\n(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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