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Name: Anonymous 2006-04-03 10:36

The United States is 49th in the world in literacy (the New York Times, Dec. 12, 2004).
The United States ranked 28th out of 40 countries in mathematical literacy (NYT, Dec. 12, 2004).
Twenty percent of Americans think the sun orbits the earth. Seventeen percent believe the earth revolves around the sun once a day (The Week, Jan. 7, 2005).

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 14:39

The universities are are referring to are American universities.  "...mostly full of foreign students" would mean that you think the majority of the students are foreign.  Ok, now prove it.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 14:42

>>81
Just because it "mostly" rains in Amazon, doesn't mean it always does. What I said could be taken in many ways. In anycase, I might be wrong, but foreign students make up a significant percentage. For example
http://www.aps.org/apsnews/1105/110505.cfm
"The percentage of first-year students from outside the United States declined from a peak of 55% in the 2000-2001 academic year to about 43% in fall 2004."
 But you are just distracting from the fact that majority of Americans are stupid as fuck.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 14:44

Also now that I have provided few sources that suggest I Might be right, I would like you to post some sources to suggest I might be wrong.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 14:45

So, if I had a box with pens and pencils and you state it's mostly full of pens, that means it's most full of pencils???

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 14:47

>>84
Check the statistic I provided in >>82

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 14:49

>>56
The fact you think the absolute number of universities matter proves you are an American with American-quality education.

>>68
11 percent cannot find the United States
hahaha oh wow
Seriously, if I was ever going to use "hahaha oh wow" it was now. The USA must be even more retarded than I already thought it was.

>>71
When any decent country's literacy ratio goes from 96% to 100%, 97% is failing, especially when you claim to be the first power. First power in what? Not in literacy, that's for sure...

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 14:50

>>86

First in war, debt and delusion.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 15:03

>>82

Find the undergraduate statistic please.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 15:04

>>88

When did I ever say "undergraduate". Learn to read motherfucker.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 15:07

>>89

The universities are "mostly filled" with undergrads that's why.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 15:09

>>90

Well then, since postgrads used to fill more than half of the seats, it's only pefectly reasonable that the ratio stays true for undergrads, unless YOU can show otherwise that is.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 15:11

>>91

They do NOT fill up half the seats.  I don't know where you got that from.

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-09 15:13

"The percentage of first-year students from outside the United States declined from a peak of 55% in the 2000-2001 academic year to about 43% in fall 2004."

It's reasonable to assume that they have gone up again to normal levels once the  hoopla over 911 calmed down.

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