Can You Beat a College Professor--A Test

[Airpark]

Subject: CAN YOU BEAT A COLLEGE PROFESSOR?

I did not find it that hard...got 27 out of 33 for a score of 81.82 percent.....You?

A Tough Test

This test is not supposed to be an easy one. (It's very hard)
The website reports that average score was 49%
and college professors average about 55%.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute - Educating for Liberty

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692

There are only 33 questions.

 

[jbbatok]

Got 32/33. Profs only got 55%? That explaines a lot.
I would like to know what members of congress average, that might explain a lot more!

 

[P&R Fan]

25 out of 33. About 75%
Jim

 

[jag312]

32 out of 33. I missed the Socrates question.

 

[Andy Griffith]

87.88- pretty good for an old backwoods mountain hermit.

 

[gaucho1]

30+
3-

30+
3-

 

[45Wheelgun]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

 

[Sprefix]

23 of 33, Man, I gotta pay more taxes....,I mean attention!!

 

[GregG]

I got 27 out of 33 also.

The one I missed that I shouldn't have was the "of the people, by the people, and for the people" quote. I thought it was in the Constitution.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

Well I got 22 out of 33. Not that bad not that good. There was 2 or 3 I missed that I should have got right. I enjoyed taking the test and learned from it. Don

 

[TAROMAN]

Great quiz. 27 of 33 here.

 

[LVSteve]

I got 29 out of 33 (87.88%), and I'm a Brit without the benefit of "Civics" classes at school. I point blank guessed some of the Constitution and Bill of Rights stuff based on what I thought reasonable and got them all correct. Interesting.

 

[Marshwheeling]

31 out of 33

 

[DGT]

30 out of 33, 90.91%.

 

[Onomea]

31 of 33.

But I think college profs are not a realistic yardstick. E.g., all Chemistry profs care about, typically, is Chemistry. I'd like to see how high school civics teachers fare -- well, I hope -- or Congressmen. That matters.

And congrats to LV Steve. Well done!

 

[Muddyboot]

31 out of 33, I'm not as dumb as I look.

 

[Airedale]

27 of 33
Not too bad

 

[roarindan]

30 of 33....i'm susprized!!!

 

[s&wchad]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Obviously, college professors aren't very smart.

 

[rewster]

Seems like 27 out of 33 comes up often. Me too !!

 

[Dadsnugun]

29 out of 33...I guess some of that stuff does sink in after awhile!

 

[galena]

87.88...............not bad for an unenlightened rural right leaning gun owner who clings to his guns and Bible. Keep shootin'

 

[redlevel]

I'd like to see how high school civics teachers fare -- well, I hope --

HS Government teacher here. 33/33.

I think 55% would be a pretty good score for a non-history/poli-sci/economics professor. I had to narrow a couple of the economics type questions down to two possibles and guess from there.

I would also expect the membership of this board to average higher than the general population. We are older and for the most part (it seems) more politically aware than most folks. I am a member of another board that has a very active political forum. Most of the members claim to be very conservative to libertarian, but most of them depend on Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, etc. to do their thinking for them. Most of them don't have a clue about the political theory underpinning our system.

 

[K.38]

27 out of 33 also. The wording got me on a couple of those. As someone said if professors are averaging 55% that says a lot about our educational system.

 

[Steve O]

30 of 33; Didn't read all the answers on one of the questions.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Missed the Socrates question and missed the one about Government spending equalling taxes. I don't count the last one as a miss because their answer is incorrect. revenue=spending=no debt is the most logical answer-but in all candor none of the answers listed were correct.

 

[45times6]

I am a college professor and I scored 33 out of 33... This is, however, probably just a coincidence.

 

[Bekeart]

Specific but narrowly focused knowledge ...

Subject: CAN YOU BEAT A COLLEGE PROFESSOR?

NOT surprised with that many are scoring above the average. The scores are not the Lake Woebegone Effect. The forum members usually have diverse knowledge.

Working directly with Professors at three universities, in professional staff positions, I became aware of the very subject specific, but narrowly focused knowledge, of many professors.

Many professors have only average, or less than average, knowledge of any subject outside of there specific field of concentration.

*****

You study for a few years and learn a little bit about a lot of things and are granted a Bachelors degree.

You study a few more years learning more about less and are granted a Masters degree.

After studying more years while learning more and more about less and less, you finally know almost everything about absolutely nothing and are granted a Doctorate degree.

*****

You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. - Will Rogers

*****

educated beyond his intelligence - Unknown

*****

Bekeart

B.S Engineering scored 32 / 33.

 

[keith44spl]

What's them flood control leeves got to do with anything?
I betcha I got to help pay for a few of em...And I don't even live near a flood plain.

I want a recount!

Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[Bekeart]

I beg to differ ...

I don't count the last one as a miss because their answer is incorrect. revenue=spending=no debt is the most logical answer-but in all candor none of the answers listed were correct.

I beg to differ ...

Revenue equal to Spending does not address the situation of any PRE-EXISTING DEBT.

Bekeart