Lang Syne Boardie Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Have you all seen this yet? A young man did his own version of Jaywalking at his public high school. Laugh, cry, and then wonder why everybody's so concerned about homeschooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Wow (not in a good way). Pitiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Have you all seen this yet? A young man did his own version of Jaywalking at his public high school. Laugh, cry, and then wonder why everybody's so concerned about homeschooling. Judging by one of the sweatshirts, this is a school in Washington State. So missing Olympia is pretty sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 My 15yo pointed out that this is as unscientific as Leno's Jaywalking segments. We have no idea how many kids were asked. Obviously the young man is very bright and wanting to make a point. Possibly he got good answers, but then when the ridiculous responses began to pour in he decided to just highlight those. DS said he would like to make a rebuttal video showing how much homeschoolers know, but he won't bother because nobody will believe in a positive video. They'll assume the kids were coached, prepped, and scripted. Americans only really like (and believe) supposed evidence that all children are stupid. I countered that by reminding him of last year's civics test scores. This video matches pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenade Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I really think they were putting it on. They were laughing too much to be serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 He probably selected only the most awkward responses and reactions, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Studies have shown again and again how poorly U.S. high school students do with questions on history or geography. However, with that said, although I knew the answers to the questions being asked, I wouldn't be at all surprised if my mind froze up if someone aimed a camera at me and held out a microphone. Thanks for posting the video. I showed it to my DDs and we all got a good laugh at those poor students expense. Pegasus By the way, any idea why so many students thought we had 51 states? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 By the way, any idea why so many students thought we had 51 states? Perhaps they're including Puerto Rico. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 Perhaps they're including Puerto Rico. Regards, Kareni One of the girls mentioned that she knew Canada was a state, so maybe some of them were counting Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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