[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;34494712]"i cant believe america is on the list it must be lying"
[editline]1st February 2012[/editline]
I don't think "educated" means "smart" in this case, it just means that more people have been subjected to more amounts of education in these countries. The quality of said education is not being discussed.[/QUOTE]
I think you're right.
I'm surprised Japan is so close to America.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;34494712]"i cant believe america is on the list it must be lying"
[editline]1st February 2012[/editline]
I don't think "educated" means "smart" in this case, it just means that a higher percentage of people have been subjected to more amounts of education in these countries. The quality of said education is not being discussed.[/QUOTE]
Then it's not even that good...
Quality makes a HUGE difference.
No Germany or France on the list?
I'm going to call bullshit on it.
[QUOTE=J!NX;34494758]
Then it's not even that good...
Quality makes a HUGE difference.[/QUOTE]
I absolutely agree with you.
[QUOTE=Burgervich;34494318]USA is even on the list? I am surprised.[/QUOTE]
USA being on the list is makes the entire thing invalid.
HAHA FUCK ALL YALL
I thought Israel was in 30-something place in the worldwide tests (with a lot of orthodox schools bringing the average down due to barely teaching anything that isn't about the bible), this must be just about the amount of education people are exposed to, not grades.
As someone who has lived in both New Zealand and Australia for extended periods of time:
This list is bullshit.
This actually seems accurate, I love everyone saying "BS because america is on the list" While we do have a bunch of idiots, we are a very large nation. I am sure our country and your country share about the same idiot to educated ratio
Arrrgh America beat my country must be be wrong.
This article is not about middle school or high school education, in which the United States would surely not be on the list.
This article is about Universities, in which the best are located in the United States and the United Kingdom. The real issue here is price. The tuition in most United States colleges is completely insane compared to other countries.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;34494499]UK in 8th?
My poor bullshit detector, it's broken![/QUOTE]
Well it's a percentage of the total population and the surface area of the UK is 90% care homes.
Finland=engineering land.
Industry, come to Finland we have NPPs and engineers :v:
[QUOTE]Finland is also one of only two countries, the other being Korea, in which the fields of social sciences, business and law are not the most popular among students. In Finland, new entrants are most likely to study engineering, manufacturing and construction.[/QUOTE]
I'm totally not surprised to see Finland on that list. Actually this was the first country I thought of when I saw the thread's title.
Number 1 yeah my ass Almost everyone here are idiots especially the drivers
[QUOTE=imMonkeyGOD;34494576]I'm surprised we're number one, but more surprised that US is in 4th[/QUOTE]
But you used to live in New Jersey so you don't count
I'm not surprised by the result with the US
Despite the public school system sucking, this is only going by postsecondary education which is pretty saturated at the moment.
Anecdotal evidence makes me believe this list compiled by experts is incorrect!
the amount of dumbfucks here in the US outweigh the smart ones by far.
[QUOTE=BaconMan_lol;34495018]the amount of dumbfucks here in the US outweigh the smart ones by far.[/QUOTE]
Based on what statistic?
[QUOTE=RyanH;34494489]8th? Your fucking kidding.[/QUOTE]
You're, grammar check when criticizing the education level of your country :v:
I think that's the joke.
[QUOTE=BlkDucky;34494523]haha[/QUOTE]
Common Mistake.
It's not a big deal if i get mixed up.
I guess it wasn't.
[QUOTE=person11;34494869]This article is not about middle school or high school education, in which the United States would surely not be on the list.
This article is about Universities, in which the best are located in the United States and the United Kingdom. The real issue here is price. The tuition in most United States colleges is completely insane compared to other countries.[/QUOTE]
This seems to be the truth. While it's free in most European countries to go to universities their quality of education probably isn't as high as that of the American ones.
But seriously, what's so great about having the best universities if only a small percentage of the population can go to them?
+ This: [url]http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2009/3/13/16/acceptance-of-evolution-by-country-17573-1236974861-5.jpg[/url]
At least that part of education seems to fail massively in the USA.
[QUOTE=Burgervich;34494318]USA is even on the list? I am surprised.[/QUOTE]
I'm only surprised by how high we ranked, even if there is minor bias. The U.S isn't as stupid as people make it out to be, we have a fairly educated amount of people, really prestigious research universities and so forth. Granted we do have a number of foreigners who come here for college/stuff but the general populace is not all that idiotic. We do have a fair number of oblivious/ignorant people over various subjects, but all in all our education is fairly good, though very lacking.
[QUOTE=pawelte1;34494903]I'm totally not surprised to see Finland on that list. Actually this was the first country I thought of when I saw the thread's title.[/QUOTE]
F U
a great university
OMG WHY ISN'T CAMBODIAN NUMBER 1? I'M CALLING THE POLICE.
Educated doesn't necessarily mean Clever.
Woo, Finland made it on the list!
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