Posted on 09/19/2007 5:48:59 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I am 30 years out of college, but never read history there anyway.
Now I read a lot of scholarly history, long and detailed.
I only got 52 out of 60 right, although I disagree with some of the “right” answers I missed.
80%. Blew Econ, my weak point.
I scored 57 also. Might have gotten the three questions correct if I slowed down. I certainly understood why those answers were correct. Oh - 55 y/o with MS degree.
Are you sure you passed 8th grade? ;-)
Predominant socialists do not favor the knowledge of U.S. history in the minds of our young people since they fully intend to destroy America as a Constitutional Republic. They generally refuse to teach the REASONS why America happened in the first place, and cannot bear to show that Americans stood up and REBELLED against a repressive, oppressive government.
The very idea of individual freedom, freedom from government domination -— is just plain ANTI-SOCIALIST.
56 out of 60 here. 2 wrong answers were just because I rushed through it and I’m tired. 19 and 58 I just didn’t know, but admittedly I should have known them. Oh well.
I need to buy those federalist books. I had my chance and didn’t do it. I’ll clear that up.
85% but some of the questions were bogus.
Got 58. Probably a little more economics in there than I’d have put, and my guess is that the authors were of the Austrian School... ;-)
ping
You answered 55 out of 60 correctly — 91.67 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 75.0%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 75.0%
>>>Took it this afternoon on the earlier thread. Scored 57.
73%
"You answered 51 out of 60 correctly — 85.00 % Average score for this quiz during September: 75.0%"
Well, I made an 80. Who the heck is Max Weber?
I got a 75%....average.
That was actually a pretty hard test. I need to brush up on my Burke and my macroeconomic theory, apparently.
For my high score, I must be very honest: the quiz is directed at law, economics and politics.
I have degrees in economics and law, and a minor focus in political science.
For me, 57/60 is embarrassing.
It has long been my contention that the reason the country has fallen so far to the left is that unrevised American History has not been taught for decades in the public school system.
Social studies with political overtones has taken it’s place to the point where America is taught to be the villain in the world today in all too many cases.
Does the allegiance to the flag still open the new school day across the country? Is the National Anthem played at the beginning of each football game? Or have they been deliberately stamped out to defeat the unity of patriots?
If a people doesn’t know from whence it came, can a people have guidelines on where to go? I think that bad decisions are made on a more emotional basis than an intellectual one, based on a knowledge of historical events .
Unrevised American history is full of real heroes. All young people need heroes to admire. They all need inspiration to aspire to greatness in their own lives.
Public education as well as higher education has robbed two generations of Americans so far. Will our cherished way of life be extinct before another can be raised?
Parents, take charge of your schools. If they do not respond, home school your children. You can do it! You will benefit by watching your children enthuse as they learn, and you just might learn a thing or two as well.
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