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US Adults Score Poorly On Worldwide Test

New submitter Norwell Bob sends this excerpt from an Associated Press report: "It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either. In math, reading and problem-solving using technology – all skills considered critical for global competitiveness and economic strength – American adults scored below the international average on a global test, according to results (PDF) released Tuesday."

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  1. Re:Charles Darwin Wrote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    you have a crime problem because you have too great a difference between the haves and have-nots

    You couldn't be more wrong.

    The crime problem exists because people CHOOSE to COMMIT CRIMES.

    Your reasoning is nothing more than a lame rationalization and is an example of
    your own moral decay that you would even believe that a huge disparity in material
    wealth could justify violent crime. A disparity in wealth doesn't cause crime,
    and it sure as hell does not justify crime.

  2. Re:Charles Darwin Wrote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Also, what's more likely. people with higher melanin levels are more violent, or laws written
    by the majority population are biased against the minority population.

    Why don't you go take a walk down a street past some housing projects with your iPhone 5S in your hand.

    When you are released from the hospital ( assuming the muggers didn't just kill your stupid naive white ass )
    and the police are done interviewing you you can tell us about your freshly revised theories of which
    races might be more violent.