http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/package.j...sp?name=fte/smartstates/smartstates

The smartest state in the union for the second consecutive year is Massachusetts.

The dumbest, for the third year in a row, is New Mexico.

are residents of new mexico called new mexicans? well if so my thread title is wrong --- sorry if i offended anyone.

nh is #14 only because they probably pay attention to places like farmington and berlin where you get preggo and drop out of school at 14-16. that and there's only like 2 million in the whole state.

it's ok.
mexicans are pretty dumb too.

ok, I'm lying... in the passed 30 years, the birth rate in mexico went from 7 per family to 2.8 which actually shows that they are getting smarter and more educated.

If Massholes are so smart, why do your residents drive so poorly? The roadways are bad enough, I won't even get into your ability to drive boats -- I am an obsessive fisherman and often feel like I am going to die when I fish any large NH lake in the summer months. Yes, your state may look good on paper, but the lack of common sense is brutal. Or perhaps you reserve this behavior for your entire states weekend migration to NH? Flatlanders...

can't be accurate

i'm sure it has to do with mass having more college's than than pretty much anywhere.

wow im impressed.

im also surprised that South Carolina isnt lower than it is... they are desparate for teachers (i get ads all the time from there) and even last weekend on Meet the Press they were discussing how troubled their schools were.... its kinda sad to think there are places worse than that :(

RustedAngel said:

according to the story it has nothing to do with higher education

included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.

new mexico is so low cause they have a huge poor indian population

the_reverend said:

and Jaffrey.

its based on the public school system

and surprisingly massachusetts has one of the top school systems

dirteecrayon said:

which is attritubted to being surrounded by so many colleges and college graduates who decide to stay in the area and teach.

wow the top 3 are new england

rev you should change the rttp slogan to "new england is wicked brilliant"

the_reverend said:

yeah, it's not the mexicans, it's the drunk ass, feel sorry for me 'cos i'm native american people....

the_reverend said:

true... as most of my great grandparents and grandparents has like 10 kids and now you've got my cousin and i who are only children

MyDeadDoll said:

largefreakatzero said:

you are a total fag.

I can assure you I am not a "total fag." Why can't you defend your state, instead of name-calling? It was a joke anyway, but with plenty of truth to it.

People that criticize Mass drivers are total pussies behind the wheel. We drive fast and do crazy shit, deal with it or don't drive here. Some people have better things to do than sit in traffic.
Every single time I get stuck behind some faggot going too slow in the fast lane its some asshole with NH plates gabbing like a woman on a cell phone. NH residents that commute to work in Mass need to take a bus. They all drive like old ladies.

I live in NH and drive to mass.
I assure you, I'm the one that passes all the mass people.

granted, I drive on 495 and stay north of 128.

I could care less how MA people drive in their own state. It's how they drive here in NH when they are gabbing on THEIR gay cell phones or peeping at leaves or whatever the fuck they do up here every goddamn weekend. For the record I maintain a cruising speed of 80 to 85. I don't commute to MA -- I feel bad for the Rev that he does that everyday.

connecticut sucks

Josiah_the_Black said:

yeah, but at least we dont drive like masshole tools. i stand behind the "massholes suck at driving" theory, because massholes practice shitty driving every day in my state