This just in: Oklahoman schoolkids are ignorants

Wanna feel depressed this morning? Knew you would. Now, just check these results from a survey carried out in Oklahoma that reveals how many schoolchildren can (or can’t) answer basic questions from the U.S. citizenship test:

Question % of Students Who Answered Correctly

What is the supreme law of the land? 28

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? 26

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? 27

How many justices are there on the Supreme Court? 10

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 14

What ocean is on the east coast of the United States? 61

What are the two major political parities in the United States? 43

We elect a U.S. senator for how many years? 11

Who was the first President of the United States? 23

Who is in charge of the executive branch? 29

To be fair, I myself can only answer 7 out of those ten questions … but then, I was brought up to learn about Canadian history and civics stuff.

So really, you should pity me doubly more for that. I do.

(via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
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