Survey Ranks the Smarts of the 50 States

[joule]

Morgan Quitno Press are out to prove what many of us have suspected for a long, long time: some of this country's great states are just a few sandwiches short of an intellectual picnic basket.

According to the private research and publishing company's new survey, when they were handing out smarts, Arizona (dead last for the second year in a row, no less) was hanging out with California, Mississippi and Nevada at the back of the line, Central Florida's Local 6 reports.

Beg to differ?

The folks in Vermont probably don't. The Green Mountain State was ranked the smartest of them all, followed by Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maine.

The survey has Texas as the Lone Star of mediocrity at No. 25, New York making an appearance at No. 16 and Florida chilling with the other underachievers at No. 29.

The annual rankings are based on 21 elementary and secondary education indicators, ranging from test scores and graduation rates to class size and teacher's salaries.

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Go Jersey! w00t w00t

 

[Shamrock]

Woohoo. Go PA.

 

[delusional]

ha im 47th on the list

 

[Que-Ever]

47 California -13.10 46 -1

D:

 

[Krynn72]

lol, stupid arizona

Im from the third smatest!

 

[Geogaddi]

46! Take that, California, Mississippi, Nevada, and Arizona!

 

[Que-Ever]

Alaska is smarter than california? I didn't even know there were ****ing people there.

 

[Geogaddi]

Alaska is smarter than california? I didn't even know there were ****ing people there.

The irony, it is deliscious.


I don't think I used irony correctly or spelled delicious right, hence the poeticness.

 

[tehsolace]

wtf @ negative scores.

 

[Que-Ever]

The irony, it is deliscious.


I don't think I used irony correctly or spelled delicious right, hence the poeticness.

I basically set myself up for that.

I love you.

wtf @ negative scores.

I guess we owe them some smart?

 

[Raziaar]

Alaska is smarter than california? I didn't even know there were ****ing people there.

HELLO. PROOF RIGHT HERE. On the dumbass fact, and the population fact.


Anyways... California? And they always tout themselves as smarter than the rest of the country. LOL.

New Jersey? That's a HUGE surprise!

 

[Que-Ever]

HELLO. PROOF RIGHT HERE.


Anyways... California? And they always tout themselves as smarter than the rest of the country. LOL.

New Jersey? That's a HUGE surprise!

 

[EC]

How the hell is Kansas #15? I swear the majority of the population here is beyond retarded. (Phelps being among them)

 

[ailevation]

Impossible!

 

[sinkoman]

lol @ Arizona

EDIT: We fail

 

[Asus]

That's right, in the top ten right here.

 

[tehsolace]

That's right, in the top ten right here.

that doesn't make you smart...

you wish!!

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Go AZ!

 

[poo poo head]

Cali #47...oh well, were still the best state!

 

[JellyWorld]

I read Smarts of the 50 Sexes :O

 

[CptStern]

a thread pointing fingers at which state is the dumbest ...hehehe

/me restrains self from making snappy/sarcastic comments


go USA! ..oh and NY would have been higher on the list if not for Buffalo

 

[Higlac]

How the hell is Kansas #15? I swear the majority of the population here is beyond retarded. (Phelps being among them)

lol too true, but there were 2 guys at my school that got perfect scores on the act, and i ranked in the top 1% for eight years in the standardized tests. maybe its your proximity to KU

 

[Ome_Vince]

hehe, nice list though i dont really believe in averages as very credible. :angel:
"The retarded guy next door" brings down the average a point or so, all by himself :cheese:

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Oh but where is the 51st State on the list?

 

[lePobz]

SMART rating is just a percentage, with 100% being the average British person.

 

[TenaciousPLo]

woo go AZ......come on Rakurai......go.........................A-- *cries

 

[ríomhaire]

What about Iraq?

 

[clarky003]

I'm not entirely sure what that means with Kansas near the top 10. Maybe just before surveys like this are conducted all the twisters suck up the not so clever people?.

 

[Darkwolf]

The irony, it is deliscious.


I don't think I used irony correctly or spelled delicious right, hence the poeticness.

I see... your poetic talent rivels that of Shakespear himself. :hmph:




Anyways. We need a worldwide smart table, I want to know what country comes out top. (prolly south korea or japan or something lol)

 

[Glirk Dient]

MN went way down...guess we just gotta take out the competition.

 

[Idonno >_<]

Us Californians dont been to be smart, we are all pretty. So there.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

I'm not entirely sure what that means with Kansas near the top 10. Maybe just before surveys like this are conducted all the twisters suck up the not so clever people?.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Tyguy]

nice, im winning so far

 

[kirovman]

wtf @ negative scores.

GO BACK TO ARIZONA!

 

[Asus]

that doesn't make you smart...

you wish!!

haha

Perhaps it's only looking at a certain group or those who are not as smart are not in the schools they rated? idk

 

[DeusExMachina]

Jersey represent.

 

[Qonfused]

Go Michigan with the biggest decrease!

 

[JNightshade]

nice, im winning so far

MA represent.

 

[theotherguy]

woot, 25, halfway!

 

[Tyguy]

MA represent.

tie game


quick, someone shout out an equation!