Smart People

[SHERIFF]

States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest

The smartest state in the union is Massachusetts. The dumbest, for the second consecutive year, is New Mexico. These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of the public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.

How does YOUR state rank?

1. Massachusetts
2. Vermont
3. Connecticut
4. Montana
5. New Jersey
6. Maine
7. Pennsylvania
8. (tie) Wisconsin and Iowa
10. New York
11. Nebraska
12. Minnesota
13. Indiana
14. Wyoming
15. Kansas
16. Rhode Island
17. Virginia
18. Maryland
19. Delaware
20. Michigan
21. North Carolina
22. Ohio
23. Alaska
24. North Dakota
25. Utah

And on the bottom half of the list are:

26. New Hampshire
27. Illinois
28. Missouri
29. West Virginia
30. Idaho
31. South Dakota
32. Oregon
33. Washington
34. Texas
35. Colorado
36. Georgia
37. Kentucky
38. Arkansas
39. Oklahoma
40. Florida
41. South Carolina
42. Tennessee
43. Hawaii
44. California
45. Arizona
46. Alabama
47. Louisiana
48. Mississippi
49. Nevada
50. New Mexico

[martyo]

Todd wants to know where the "state" of Atlanta comes out?

(Now that we know Ruth is doing well, I can start picking on him again. It has been a tough couple of days for me.....)

[paheff]

Is nummer 40 bad?

[jgc61sr2002]

Originally posted by paheff
Is nummer 40 bad? Well it's not too good.:rolleyes: Remember that is only a survey.

[Petrograde]

woo hoo! I live in the 34th dumbest state! But, I went to school in 22nd dumbest state... hmmm and I have lived in the 36th, 37th, and 42nd,...

hmm,... number 42,.. Tennessee... "The state where Educayshun Pays!" HA! WTG TN!

Tom

[Donny Carlson]

Originally posted by SHERIFF
States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest

46. Alabama
47. Louisiana
48. Mississippi
49. Nevada
50. New Mexico


As we like to point out in Alabama, at least we beat Mississippi.:)

[SHERIFF]

Know why Nevada is rated 49th?

Because the state is always full of stupid people losing their money at casinos. :)

[Ross]

I have to seriously argue about Massachusetts being smart. They keep electing Ted Kennedy.

[AlabamaSS]

Originally posted by Donny Carlson
As we like to point out in Alabama, at least we beat Mississippi.:)

I second that...:D

[O's Fan Rich]

The District of Columbia gets it's own representation, auto tags and other perks to seperate itself from "the states", But when it comes to this type of list... it disappears into Maryland. Hmmmm, I smell a conspiracy.

[Haggis]

It's not a conspiracy you smell Rich. Pssst...check your under...pulleys. ;)

[Smokie]

The two smartest states share some laws about what a marriage is; that I don't agree with, so I prefer to live in dumb Florida, amazing what bright educated people consider to be ok.

[SHERIFF]

Virginia is ranked 17th. Therefore, I am entitled to make an occasional grammatical or spelling error. :)

[SHERIFF]

Just when you thought you had seen it all....... (true story)

I just found out why Alabama is rated at 46th dumbest state in the nation...... on another bullentin board a guy posted his vehicle manufacturer's door sticker GVWR (4825 pounds) as the actual weight of his car. This person claims to be a Ford mechanic in Alabama..... makes you wonder whose hands you leave your car in at a dealership, huh?



quote: ".....Geeze that thing's gotta fly, my SHO weighs 4825 and with only 250hp 240ftlb it's still fast as hell, 14 sec in the 1/4 mile, 2.3 sec 60'"

"....Robert, did you mistype the SHlO's weight?"

"....Nope sure didnt bro [4825] GVW
Went and looked at door sticker again to be sure. Soon as my camera batteries recharge, I'll post a pic of the sticker."

".....Here we go for the non believers,
(image attached)"

"....GVWR is the gross vehicle weight rating, it means that's the maximum amount of weight your car is designed to carry, not how much it actually weighs..."


:) :) :) :)

[RCSignals]

It has to be rigged if Massachusetts is #1 i.e. smartest

[jefferson-mo]

Now that California is 44th smartest................

or is it the 7th dumbest?????

with our new Governator we're changing the spelling to...............

Kaleefornia!

[MM03MOK]

Originally posted by RCSignals
It has to be rigged if Massachusetts is #1 i.e. smartest Well, the Bunny is the smartest, right? It can't be all wrong!

[rumble]

Mark Twain said it best, their are three kinds of lies.
Their are lies, damned lies and statistics.
But then he was only from Missouri so what do you expect.

[RCSignals]

Originally posted by MM03MOK
Well, the Bunny is the smartest, right? It can't be all wrong!

that's true, but the Bunny does not a State make

[B-26]

I resemble that remark! B-26 Florida

[Donny Carlson]

Originally posted by Ross
I have to seriously argue about Massachusetts being smart. They keep electing Ted Kennedy.

That's how they got the knick name "m*******s" :D

[Donny Carlson]

Originally posted by Donny Carlson
That's how they got the knick name "m*******s" :D


Jeez, I forgot to defeat the language police.


thats "m-a-s-s-h-o-l-e-s"

:rolleyes:

[Michael_S]

Originally posted by rumble
Mark Twain said it best, their are three kinds of lies.
Their are lies, damned lies and statistics.
But then he was only from Missouri so what do you expect.

Mark Twain was awesome. I like this quote.

"Suppose I was a member of Congress. Now suppose that I was an idiot. But I repeat myself."

[SHERIFF]

he U.S. city with the smartest people is...Minneapolis, Minnesota. That's the word from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater who studied statistics from five categories and 13 different measurements of literacy to provide a ranking for 64 U.S. cities with a population of 250,000 or more. The literacy profile for each city included citizens' educational level, newspaper circulation rates, library resources, the number of periodicals published in that city, and the number of booksellers.

The 10 most literate U.S. cities are:
1. Minneapolis, Minnesota
2. Seattle, Washington
3. Denver, Colorado
4. Atlanta, Georgia
5. San Francisco, California
6. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7. Washington, D.C.
8. Louisville, Kentucky
9. Portland, Oregon
10. Cincinnati, Ohio

The 10 least literate U.S. cities are:
54. Los Angeles, California and Toledo, Ohio (tie)
56. Fresno, California
57. Jacksonville, Florida
58. Memphis, Tennessee
59. Santa Ana, California
60. San Antonio, Texas
61. Detroit, Michigan
62. Long Beach, California
63. Corpus Christi, Texas
64. And the least literate city in the United States is El Paso, Texas.

[DetGeno]

I know why Nevada is ranked 49th, because what happens in LV, stays in LV. For some reason when I get back from there, I seem to lost all memories from my trip! :up:

[SHERIFF]

Originally posted by DetGeno
I know why Nevada is ranked 49th, because what happens in LV, stays in LV.


Yeah......... my money! :)