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Little6pack

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I found this list on my web providers news section today.
(I did not make it up)

I can add that SOME of the smart states have the worst drivers :D


States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest

The smartest state in the union is Massachusetts. The dumbest, for the second consecutive year, is New Mexico. These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of the public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.

Party hearty! The nation's No. 1 party college is...

How does YOUR state rank?
1. Massachusetts
2. Vermont
3. Connecticut
4. Montana
5. New Jersey
6. Maine
7. Pennsylvania
8. (tie) Wisconsin and Iowa
10. New York
11. Nebraska
12. Minnesota
13. Indiana
14. Wyoming
15. Kansas
16. Rhode Island
17. Virginia
18. Maryland
19. Delaware
20. Michigan
21. North Carolina
22. Ohio
23. Alaska
24. North Dakota
25. Utah

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And on the bottom half of the list are:
26. New Hampshire
27. Illinois
28. Missouri
29. West Virginia
30. Idaho
31. South Dakota
32. Oregon
33. Washington
34. Texas
35. Colorado
36. Georgia
37. Kentucky
38. Arkansas
39. Oklahoma
40. Florida
41. South Carolina
42. Tennessee
43. Hawaii
44. California
45. Arizona
46. Alabama
47. Louisiana
48. Mississippi
49. Nevada
50. New Mexico
 
This explains one mystery, Why the Calif (#44) dumb-asses keep electing people like Gray Davis, Bustamante, and all the rest of the bizarro world "San Francisco democrats".

One San Francisco lawyer was recently opining that "the reason for homelessness is that there are 16 jobs for every housing unit!.

In other words, evil business are to blame because they actually create jobs and hire people!
 
James in Mississippi. I need to move!! You want hold this against me ...will you?
 
I've lived in New Mexico for almost 2 years and here is my comeback to this state being called dumb:...................................................................Nothing! I mean, have you seen the episodes of COPS in Albuquerque!? People here are pretty stupid. Not everybody, but alot! But I've also got to say that I've also lived in Maine (#6?) and those are the dumbest sons o' bitches I've ever tolerated in my life! And what's up with Massachusetts as the smartest?! Have those who conducted this study ever even MET a Masshole? :confused:
 
Yes I was kinda Miffed by mass being #1 & Maine #6

You said it about maine.. SLOW as my GN.

One would think NY-NJ being #1 You have to have smarts to afford to live there :D
 
Dam and to think i was going somewere

as a native New Mexican i will say dirty politics play a big role in those figures (long story) but when i meet out siders from out of state i think they tend to disagree with that statement

I seen better and worse traving to other states but theres no place like home

Johnny Montoya
 
Florida #40 is so low because of the damn florida borns:D

Everybody is from somewhere else in this awsome state!
 
"per Pupal expenditures" is a good thing? Paying janitors $100K per year and adminstrators $200K per year doesn't make for smart kids. A true measure of intelligence would be Results based. Only graduation rates and student proficiency should matter. The rest is crap. There are a lot of states that spend A LOT, artificially high on the list though they have high drop out rates/low proficiency.

I would think that the high list states in the cheaper areas of the country were actually smarter then those in the high tax, high cost areas of the country.

Montana must have some pretty smart people.
 
Hillbillies!

Mass is #1?? Obviously, the survey is seriously flawed..
Ted and the Kennedy gang MUST have been excluded when the numbers were crunched!!
On top of being a flaming A$$HOLE, he has to be the dumbest bastard in the state...next to his in-laws....:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
Good job!!

Mike, it's a good thing you are there. That's the offset that the Kennedy clan needed!!;)
 
Go Mississippi! Hell, I think we moved up 2 spots!

They really didn't like the South in that, we make up the lower section. :confused:
 
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