I bumped into this link quite by accident while conducting a completely unrelated Google search.
But I couldn't help but scoff. The link is to a ranking-system that ranks all 50 US States by 'smartness'. The rankings are based off of 21 metrics that, for the most part, evaluate the respective public education system for each State.
I am a true-blue product of Virginia's education system, having attended Virginia's public school system from 1st grade right on through to my ill-used bachelor's degree (although, I should point out that these particular metrics do not appear to consider universities...). I absolutely cannot believe that Virginia is #6 of 50 (beating out California, New York, & Pennsylvania to name a few).
To prove my point; i had to spell-check 'Pennsylvania' before publishing. Virginian's can't spell. Lets not even discuss the grammar. (oops: I had to spell-check 'grammar' as well....what's with that second 'm' anyways?).
Posted by paul at January 17, 2009 11:44 AM