10-06-2016, 01:30 PM
(10-06-2016, 01:03 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Good read.Shameful really. We are with out a doubt a great country. However it's been my opinion that our education system has been severely lacking for a long time. It's been a while since I've looked at the stats. But we are not near the top and we should be given the freedoms and resources we have.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/brand-connect/bleecker-street/denial/?hpid=hp_local-news_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fbrandconnect
Just a highlight of some statistics introduced early in the article:
In 2001, 64% of adults thought it was important for kids to get vaccines. There were 116 cases of measles that year.
In 2015, only 54% of adults still believed that and there were 644 cases of measles.
32% of Americans believe humans haven't played a role in climate change. America ranked the 21st of the 21 countries surveyed with regards to if humans have caused climate change.
88% of scientists believe GMOs are safe. Only 37% of US adults do.
11% of US adults believe the government was involved in 9/11
20% believe Obama was born outside the US.
The Anti-Defamation League surveyed 100 countries and found that only 54% of adults heard of the holocaust. 32% of them believe it's a lie or greatly exaggerated.
