More know Simpsons than Constitution

[zap2]

I'm not amazed at only 1:1000 know the bits about your constitution, what amazes me is that only 22% know the Simpsons - that's just plain ingorant

Homer
Marge
Maggie
Lisa
Bart
Abe
Herb
Mona
Cyrus

They're the only ones I know of with the Simpson surname. Any others I've missed?

His half sister, who lives in England? can't recall her name

 

[thedude110]

I'm in EDU, and I can catagorically say your quote is bull-crap.

I teach every day.

And I'd love to know why you think kids copying down bullet points is sounder pedagogy than having an opportunity to interact and question someone with experience in the culture.

 

[OnceUGoMac]

Homer
Marge
Maggie
Lisa
Bart
Abe
Herb
Mona
Cyrus

They're the only ones I know of with the Simpson surname. Any others I've missed?

You forgot OJ!

 

[decksnap]

I teach every day.

And I'd love to know why you think kids copying down bullet points is sounder pedagogy than having an opportunity to interact and question someone with experience in the culture.

I wish I had 'The Dude' as my teacher growing up.

 

[whooleytoo]

I'm in EDU, and I can catagorically say your quote is bull-crap.

Translation:
"I'm in Education, and I can categorically say your quote is [incorrect/nonsensical]?"

(Only kidding, no offence intended.. )

 

[Jaffa Cake]

well in all fairness the simpsons do have more integrity than the constitution

And The Simpsons is a hell of a lot funnier...

 

[aloofman]

And The Simpsons is a hell of a lot funnier...

On purpose though. Supposedly the framers kept Ben Franklin out of the drafting because they worried he'd hide a joke in there somewhere.

 

[portent]

Marge, Bart...girl Bart...the one who doesn't talk, and the fat guy. How I loathe him...

Seriously, there's a reason it's called a written constitution. We wrote it down (all fourteen-plus-typed-pages of it) so that our imperfect memories would not screw it up.

 

[Felldownthewell]

I love that. I go to licoln High School in Portland OR, where mat groening went. There's still carvings of preliminary sketchs of bart and lisa in the stalls. I love the attention that we get

I go to school 3 blocks away from you at NWA. Anyway, most Americans voted for Bush....twice....so we can't expect much from them anyway.