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Thousands of British children think cows lay eggs

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http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91059-13569871,00.html
Survey Is Food For Thought
Updated: 09:38, Wednesday February 28, 2007

Thousands of British children think cows lay eggs, a survey has suggested.

Townies fared worst in the research designed to find out if kids know where their food comes from.

Dairy Farmers of Britain asked more than 1,000 children aged eight to 15 where they believed food like cheese, yoghurt and beef burgers originated.

Although knowledge improved with age, more than one in 10 (11%) of eight-year-olds did not know that pork chops come from pigs.

City children were almost three times as likely not know that beef burgers come from cows as their rural counterparts - 8% against 3%.

One in 10 townie children did not know where yoghurt comes from, compared to 6% of those from the countryside.

Worst of all, 2% of city kids in the sample survey thought that eggs come from cows, and that bacon is from cows or sheep.

Welsh children proved to be the least clued-up when it comes to cheese - with 11% unaware that it came from cows or sheep, compared to just 3% in the East Midlands.

But there was one piece of reassuring news for dairy farmers - all of the children knew that cows produce milk.

Dairy Farmers' Phil Gibson said: "With the Government and health organisations encouraging healthy eating in schools, it is important that children are taught about the way food is produced as well as what it contains."

:: Dairy Farmers of Britain is a company owned and run by 2,750 farmers in England and Wales.
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Homer Simpson: Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Lisa, honey, are saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa Simpson: No.
Homer Simpson: Ham?
Lisa Simpson: No.
Homer Simpson: Pork chops?
Lisa Simpson: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer Simpson: [Chuckles] Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
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Originally posted by: mundane
Homer Simpson: Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Lisa, honey, are saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa Simpson: No.
Homer Simpson: Ham?
Lisa Simpson: No.
Homer Simpson: Pork chops?
Lisa Simpson: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer Simpson: [Chuckles] Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
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:laugh:
 
this doesn't surprise me... BECAUSE THEY'RE CHILDREN!

jeez... big frigging deal. it's not like they're adults who don't know where eggs or bacon come from.
 
Originally posted by: eits
this doesn't surprise me... BECAUSE THEY'RE CHILDREN!

jeez... big frigging deal. it's not like they're adults who don't know where eggs or bacon come from.
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pfft... change this study from British children to US children and I'd bet you be crying about the quality of the American school system with some nonsense about how European schools are so much better... blah blah blah
 
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: eits
this doesn't surprise me... BECAUSE THEY'RE CHILDREN!

jeez... big frigging deal. it's not like they're adults who don't know where eggs or bacon come from.
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pfft... change this study from British children to US children and I'd bet you be crying about the quality of the American school system with some nonsense about how European schools are so much better... blah blah blah
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humans do lay eggs! :Q
 
Peter Griffin: Huh, you know something? I always thought that dogs laid eggs. So, yeah. I learned something today.
 
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: eits
this doesn't surprise me... BECAUSE THEY'RE CHILDREN!

jeez... big frigging deal. it's not like they're adults who don't know where eggs or bacon come from.
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pfft... change this study from British children to US children and I'd bet you be crying about the quality of the American school system with some nonsense about how European schools are so much better... blah blah blah
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um... yeah, i guess i probably would... silly me.

OECD/PISA Study:
Reading Literacy

1. Finland
2. Canada
3. New Zealand
4. Australia
5. Ireland
6. Korea
7 United Kingdom
8. Japan
9. Sweden
10. Austria
11. Belgium
12. Iceland
13. Norway
14. France
15. United States
16. Denmark
17. Switzerland
18. Spain
19. Czech Republic
20. Italy
21. Germany
22. Liechtenstein
23. Hungary
24. Poland
25. Greece
26. Portugal
27. Russian Federation
28. Latvia
29. Luxembourg
30. Mexico
31. Brazil
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OECD/PISA Study:
Mathematical Literacy

1. Japan
2. Korea
3. New Zealand
4. Finland
5. Australia
6. Canada
7. Switzerland
8. United Kingdom
9. Belgium
10. France
11. Austria
12. Denmark
13. Iceland
14. Liechtenstein
15. Sweden
16. Ireland
17. Norway
18. Czech Republic
19. United States
20. Germany
21. Hungary
22. Russian Federation
23. Spain
24. Poland
25. Latvia
26. Italy
27. Portugal
28. Greece
29. Luxembourg
30. Mexico
31. Brazil
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OECD/PISA Study:
Scientific Literacy

1. Korea
2. Japan
3. Finland
4. United Kingdom
5. Canada
6. New Zealand
7. Australia
8. Austria
9. Ireland
10. Sweden
11. Czech Republic
12. France
13. Norway
14. United States
15. Hungary
16. Iceland
17. Belgium
18. Switzerland
19. Spain
20. Germany
21. Poland
22. Denmark
23. Italy
24. Liechtenstein
25. Greece
26. Russian Federation
27. Latvia
28. Portugal
29. Luxembourg
30. Mexico
31. Brazil
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Source for all charts: OECD/PISA. Outcomes of Learning: Results from the 2000 Program for International Student Assessment of 15-Year-Olds in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy. The study is available through OECD for US$19.
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Originally posted by: eits
this doesn't surprise me... BECAUSE THEY'RE CHILDREN!

jeez... big frigging deal. it's not like they're adults who don't know where eggs or bacon come from.
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The kids surveyed were ages eight to fifteen. They weren't little kids. One would assume they excluded children who have retarded mental function.
 
One or two seasons ago on Top Gear they were talking about how methane from cows harms the environment more than cars and what they would have to give up if they got rid of cows. James May was all confused and threw in "eggs" 😛
 
Originally posted by: eits
this doesn't surprise me... BECAUSE THEY'RE CHILDREN!

jeez... big frigging deal. it's not like they're adults who don't know where eggs or bacon come from.
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Even if they are children. They are 8 years old. That is plenty old enough to know this general information.
 
Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: eits
this doesn't surprise me... BECAUSE THEY'RE CHILDREN!

jeez... big frigging deal. it's not like they're adults who don't know where eggs or bacon come from.
Click to expand...

pfft... change this study from British children to US children and I'd bet you be crying about the quality of the American school system with some nonsense about how European schools are so much better... blah blah blah
Click to expand...

um... yeah, i guess i probably would... silly me.

OECD/PISA Study:
Reading Literacy

1. Finland
2. Canada
3. New Zealand
4. Australia
5. Ireland
6. Korea
7 United Kingdom
8. Japan
9. Sweden
10. Austria
11. Belgium
12. Iceland
13. Norway
14. France
15. United States
16. Denmark
17. Switzerland
18. Spain
19. Czech Republic
20. Italy
21. Germany
22. Liechtenstein
23. Hungary
24. Poland
25. Greece
26. Portugal
27. Russian Federation
28. Latvia
29. Luxembourg
30. Mexico
31. Brazil
Click to expand...
OECD/PISA Study:
Mathematical Literacy

1. Japan
2. Korea
3. New Zealand
4. Finland
5. Australia
6. Canada
7. Switzerland
8. United Kingdom
9. Belgium
10. France
11. Austria
12. Denmark
13. Iceland
14. Liechtenstein
15. Sweden
16. Ireland
17. Norway
18. Czech Republic
19. United States
20. Germany
21. Hungary
22. Russian Federation
23. Spain
24. Poland
25. Latvia
26. Italy
27. Portugal
28. Greece
29. Luxembourg
30. Mexico
31. Brazil
Click to expand...
OECD/PISA Study:
Scientific Literacy

1. Korea
2. Japan
3. Finland
4. United Kingdom
5. Canada
6. New Zealand
7. Australia
8. Austria
9. Ireland
10. Sweden
11. Czech Republic
12. France
13. Norway
14. United States
15. Hungary
16. Iceland
17. Belgium
18. Switzerland
19. Spain
20. Germany
21. Poland
22. Denmark
23. Italy
24. Liechtenstein
25. Greece
26. Russian Federation
27. Latvia
28. Portugal
29. Luxembourg
30. Mexico
31. Brazil
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Source for all charts: OECD/PISA. Outcomes of Learning: Results from the 2000 Program for International Student Assessment of 15-Year-Olds in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy. The study is available through OECD for US$19.
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Canada roxors
 
Originally posted by: eits
um... yeah, i guess i probably would... silly me.
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The US pushes _everyone_ into a standard education track. We don't funnel off lower-performing students into trade schools and thereby not include them in these surveys. The comparisons aren't really valid scientifically unless all compared contries use identical educational frameworks.

ZV
 
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