Entries Tagged as ‘idiocracy’

April 20, 2008

If you don’t know where you are, how do you know where you’re going?

Now for years and years we have been hearing about how bad Americans are in geography and general world awareness. Recently a National Geographic report has come out that tested over 500 young adults (18-24 year olds) that continued to prove this point. Now the report itself is almost 90 pages long, so I’ll just [...]

April 14, 2008

Toy Juxtaposition

Accuse of me of being a consumerist whore or just plain being bored, but I like to skim through my direct mail on occasion. Even though I don’t pick up books as much as I would like to, I love reading. Magazines, blogs and even advertisements. So this Friday, I receive the Toys R Us [...]

March 15, 2008

Yo, I got your Mallomar hookup. Meet me at 1pm and come alone…

“What does it take for a school to suspend an eighth-grader, bar his attendance from an honors dinner, and strip him of his post as class Vice President? If you guessed drugs, alcohol, or a firearm, think again. A bag of candy is reason enough. This week, a Connecticut school levied these very punishments on [...]

March 8, 2008

Who’s behavior is on trial here?

Another site that really provokes some thought. Dangerously Irrelevant has a few videos that high school kids have recorded in class on their cell phone showing the behavior of teachers and students.
When watching the 5-6 videos listed on the site, it was really unclear to me on who was supposed to be criticized here. I [...]

March 1, 2008

Exactly what is wrong with this country…

… oh wait. This didn’t happen in the US. Amazingly enough, British parents are just as dumb as American ones. Below are a few snippets but you can read the whole article here.
“When Alison Garcia, 16, announced that she was leaving home to be with her 36-year-old lover, her parents could have been forgiven [...]