In a recent study, NEWSWEEK gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship Test, which 38 percent failed. The U.S. citizenship test is composed of 100 questions across five categories that no one gives a crap about: American government, systems of government, rights and responsibilities, American history, and integrated civics. Ten questions from the 100 are chosen randomly for the test-taker. To pass, people only need to answer six questions correctly.
Of the 1,000 participants, 76 percent didn't know the vice presidents nickname, 35 percent have no idea what Congress does, and 8 percent couldn't circle the United States on a map with a crayon.
Patriotic American and gun lover, Tim Price, was embarrassed by the research. "I'm embarrassed by this research," said Price.
In response to the recent study, the school board president is thinking about adding an addition two years of American history to the current high school curriculum.
If anyone is interested in seeing if they are smart enough to be an American, you can take a practice test here.
What's really sad is all 380 of them got the question "Do US citizens have the right to be stupid?" wrong!
ReplyDeleteOh America...
ReplyDeleteI really didn't make that much up for this article. It pretty much just wrote itself.