It seems that reality works for most. After all what do they call it when someone is out of touch with reality?
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > These statistics will never filter through to the general American psyche > until Hollywood and mass media start portraying the US as such. > > And I'm not sure they should, regardless of the truth. Hope is > important,and it is what drives a fair amount of innovation in the US I > believe. > That feeling of superiority, of invincibility. > > Do you really want to replace that with reality? > > What can the average American do now within the two party system > and the way the politics are set up to effect any sort of change? > > On 10 October 2012 12:13, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Proportionately there are more poor in the US and more children who go >> hungry at night than the other industrialized nations. According to >> the OECD educational ranking in educational performance, the US >> doesn't even make the top 20 for reading, maths or sciences for the >> 8th grade - the best ranking was in science 22nd. >> >> >> http://www.geographic.org/country_ranks/educational_score_performance_country_ranks_2009_oecd.html >> >> American 15-year-olds scored at the international average of >> industrialized nations in science and reading and below the >> international average in math on the most recent Program for >> International Student Assessment, or PISA, released last year. >> (http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/pisa2009keyfindings.htm) >> >> BTW notice how those nasty countries defined as socialist seem to be >> doing much better on the measures of Science, Maths and Reading. After >> all who needs thinking, the party of god will tell you want to think >> via Faux. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
