Thousands of British children think cows lay eggs

[preCRT]

What's so surprising?

Watch Jay Leno & his idiots on the sidewalk bit. I doubt he'll run out of adult American morons any time soon. Seems the US always produces a bumper crop.

 

[Vic]

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: BudAshes
how do they know that some kids weren't just putting down the most amusing answer?

I remember my friends and I doing exactly that in one of those confidential drug use surveys back in high school.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Vic
Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

how am i a hypocrit? criticizing our education system rather than the british education system isn't being hypocritical... they ran higher than we do when it comes to education. it's more of a criticism in the name of self-improvement than anything.
the only idiot is you... keep thinking that the american education system is great if you want... i really couldn't give a goddamn.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Thousands of American ADULTS can't find Europe on a map. *shrugs*

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic
Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

how am i a hypocrit? criticizing our education system rather than the british education system isn't being hypocritical... they ran higher than we do when it comes to education. it's more of a criticism in the name of self-improvement than anything.
the only idiot is you... keep thinking that the american education system is great if you want... i really couldn't give a goddamn.

:roll:

When did I say the American education system is great?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: BudAshes
how do they know that some kids weren't just putting down the most amusing answer?

I don't think so. These are brits. Their idea of humor is Mr Bean.

Also, the report failed to mention that 100% of British children think that cows are very very angry most of the time.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic
Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

how am i a hypocrit? criticizing our education system rather than the british education system isn't being hypocritical... they ran higher than we do when it comes to education. it's more of a criticism in the name of self-improvement than anything.
the only idiot is you... keep thinking that the american education system is great if you want... i really couldn't give a goddamn.

:roll:

When did I say the American education system is great?

you implied it when you said "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."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/national/main838207.shtml

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic
Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

how am i a hypocrit? criticizing our education system rather than the british education system isn't being hypocritical... they ran higher than we do when it comes to education. it's more of a criticism in the name of self-improvement than anything.
the only idiot is you... keep thinking that the american education system is great if you want... i really couldn't give a goddamn.

:roll:

When did I say the American education system is great?

you implied it when you said "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."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/national/main838207.shtml

No, I didn't. I implied nothing of the sort. What I did do is say explicitly that you're a hypocrite and an idiot. And you've proved me right once again. Clearly, the America school does suck. Just look at you.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: BudAshes
how do they know that some kids weren't just putting down the most amusing answer?

I don't think so. These are brits. Their idea of humor is Mr Bean.

Also, the report failed to mention that 100% of British children think that cows are very very angry most of the time.

:laugh:

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: BudAshes
how do they know that some kids weren't just putting down the most amusing answer?

I don't think so. These are brits. Their idea of humor is Mr Bean.

Also, the report failed to mention that 100% of British children think that cows are very very angry most of the time.

hehe funny post, but budashes has a point... for example, in my gross anatomy class a couple years ago, we had a test and regardless of how i did on the test, i would have still ended up with an a in the class. so, i took the test and every so often, i would fill in the blank with the most incorrect answer possible. one question was:

what name is given to a bunch of afferent nerve cell bodies found in the intervertebral foramina?

i answered with "the sciatic nerve".

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic
Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

how am i a hypocrit? criticizing our education system rather than the british education system isn't being hypocritical... they ran higher than we do when it comes to education. it's more of a criticism in the name of self-improvement than anything.
the only idiot is you... keep thinking that the american education system is great if you want... i really couldn't give a goddamn.

:roll:

When did I say the American education system is great?

you implied it when you said "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."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/national/main838207.shtml

No, I didn't. I implied nothing of the sort. What I did do is say explicitly that you're a hypocrite and an idiot. And you've proved me right once again. Clearly, the America school does suck. Just look at you.

go back and read what you wrote. you implied it. it's obvious, especially when you said that any discussion about european schools being better than american schools was nonsense.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic
Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

how am i a hypocrit? criticizing our education system rather than the british education system isn't being hypocritical... they ran higher than we do when it comes to education. it's more of a criticism in the name of self-improvement than anything.
the only idiot is you... keep thinking that the american education system is great if you want... i really couldn't give a goddamn.

:roll:

When did I say the American education system is great?

you implied it when you said "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."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/national/main838207.shtml

No, I didn't. I implied nothing of the sort. What I did do is say explicitly that you're a hypocrite and an idiot. And you've proved me right once again. Clearly, the America school does suck. Just look at you.

go back and read what you wrote, nutsac. you implied it. it's obvious, especially when you said that any discussion about european schools being better than american schools was nonsense.

LOL. Really, I said nothing of the sort. And certainly not what you think I implied. If I implied anything, it was about how you'd whine and whine and whine if this study was about American schools (but it's about British schools, so you don't care). And hell, I didn't imply that, I was downright explicit about it. It's not which one is supposedly better according to some study that I care about, it's your hypocrisy.

BTW, your spelling and grammar are really raising the irony levels here. You're just making this too much fun.

 

[toolboxolio]

wow, 20 out of 1000 children thought that eggs come from cows. whoopie!

I am assuming that is still much better than what our children here would answer to from the inner city.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic
Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

how am i a hypocrit? criticizing our education system rather than the british education system isn't being hypocritical... they ran higher than we do when it comes to education. it's more of a criticism in the name of self-improvement than anything.
the only idiot is you... keep thinking that the american education system is great if you want... i really couldn't give a goddamn.

:roll:

When did I say the American education system is great?

you implied it when you said "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."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/national/main838207.shtml

No, I didn't. I implied nothing of the sort. What I did do is say explicitly that you're a hypocrite and an idiot. And you've proved me right once again. Clearly, the America school does suck. Just look at you.

go back and read what you wrote, nutsac. you implied it. it's obvious, especially when you said that any discussion about european schools being better than american schools was nonsense.

LOL. Really, I said nothing of the sort. And certainly not what you think I implied. If I implied anything, it was about how you'd whine and whine and whine if this study was about American schools (but it's about British schools, so you don't care). And hell, I didn't imply that, I was downright explicit about it. It's not which one is supposedly better according to some study that I care about, it's your hypocrisy.

BTW, your spelling and grammar are really raising the irony levels here. You're just making this too much fun.

my grammar's fine and so is my spelling. the only thing that i don't do is capitalize anything other than the word God.

and, yes, you did say that... go back and read:

... 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.

there you go... there's your implication. you said it. also, it's not nonsense, as i've proven a couple times in this thread already.

i'm done with you... feel free to type whatever response you wish... i won't write one in return.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: toolboxolio
wow, 20 out of 1000 children thought that eggs come from cows. whoopie!

I am assuming that is still much better than what our children here would answer to from the inner city.

based on the statistics, i would assume the same

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Vic
Yep. You're still a hypocrite and an idiot. I was just checking. Thanks.

how am i a hypocrit? criticizing our education system rather than the british education system isn't being hypocritical... they ran higher than we do when it comes to education. it's more of a criticism in the name of self-improvement than anything.
the only idiot is you... keep thinking that the american education system is great if you want... i really couldn't give a goddamn.

:roll:

When did I say the American education system is great?

you implied it when you said "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."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/13/national/main838207.shtml

No, I didn't. I implied nothing of the sort. What I did do is say explicitly that you're a hypocrite and an idiot. And you've proved me right once again. Clearly, the America school does suck. Just look at you.

go back and read what you wrote, nutsac. you implied it. it's obvious, especially when you said that any discussion about european schools being better than american schools was nonsense.

LOL. Really, I said nothing of the sort. And certainly not what you think I implied. If I implied anything, it was about how you'd whine and whine and whine if this study was about American schools (but it's about British schools, so you don't care). And hell, I didn't imply that, I was downright explicit about it. It's not which one is supposedly better according to some study that I care about, it's your hypocrisy.

BTW, your spelling and grammar are really raising the irony levels here. You're just making this too much fun.

my grammar's fine and so is my spelling. the only thing that i don't do is capitalize anything other than the word God.

and, yes, you did say that... go back and read:

... 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.

there you go... there's your implication. you said it. also, it's not nonsense, as i've proven a couple times in this thread already.

i'm done with you... feel free to type whatever response you wish... i won't write one in return.

Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?

 

[jagec]

The real shocker is the 3% of rural kids who didn't know where beef came from.

 

[TehMac]

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.

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

Yeah thats what I was thinking too, lmao.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
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.

And millions of adults in America believe Adam and Eve rode to church on a dinosooour!
Wait til the kids see a hand pump and find out water comes out of the ground.
Just what happened to field trips?

 

[chess9]

England is trying very hard to be dumber than us. Give them a few more years and they WILL be fatter than us. Provided they stop smoking. Fast food is everywhere and the NHS is picking up the tab. This is proving to be the best way to bankrupt socialized medicine.

-Robert