"A Little Civics Quiz"- 17 out of 33 correct gives me a score of 51.52% (heh, wow).
I apparently have my work cut out for me this semester. I can't believe an American person with a High School Diploma doesn't know ALL of these answers. We need to just imitate the Japanese Secondary School model and raise the bar!
"A Little Current Events Quiz"- 38% puts me 10% higher than the average score earned by a person in my age group (18-29).
On average, people my age did worse than I did. Thank goodness! I am surely inspired to pay attention this semester, and start reading the paper perhaps. Although, I am not sure I can overcome my fear of the government endorsing certain messages in the media. I don't want to just go out and seek today's propaganda (yes, propaganda!). I suppose I will attempt to learn as much about today's world, and act oblivious to the very real possibility that much of what I will learn is false or at least altered. What can you do? Nothing!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Am I political, per se?
I have never given a great deal of thought to my political affiliation or ideology, so it was inevitable that this class would inspire me to find out how I feel about things. I didn't know where to start, so I took 7 political questionnaires to see if there was any continuity among them.
All that I learned is this; leading questions lead to desired results. I scored all over the place. I still have no idea where I stand. My goal for this semester has become, in part, to figure that out. I have considered myself a Republican since high school, for the most basic reasons, but I am starting to think more and more that I am a libertarian. Anyhow, here is what I discovered. Please keep in mind that you may end up with consistent results simply because you are familiar with political terminology. I had to google a lot of the words and concepts I was being questioned about, rather then answer based on a firm grasp of them. I am going to repeat the experiment at the end of the semester and see if I come up with more consistent results, due to a firmer grasp on the concepts being presented.
According to Advocates For Self-Government's "The World's Smallest Political Quiz", I am a Right-wing Conservative. I find this interesting, and perhaps not light-years from the truth. According to The Political Compass, I am a neo-lib. This is also within the realm of possibility, as odd as it may sound. I really have a lot to learn, so one never can tell. According to GoToQuiz.com, I am a fascist! (Communist was a close second...scary). Right then- moving on. According to BlogThings, I am a "Don't Tread On Me Libertarian". According to SelectSmart.com, I am an Anarchist. Haha! I am really starting to enjoy this process! According to All The Tests, I am a Democratic Socialist. Interesting. Finally, according to ProProfs, I am a Libertarian. Wow. Well, that's all she wrote...er, I wrote. This wasn't assigned, but come on, people, let's try to have some fun being bloggers!
If you have the time, and the patience for some poorly designed quizzes, please be obliged to do all 7 of these and post your result as a comment on this blog, so that I can see how other people fared. Thanks for reading!
Sincerely yours,
Ashley L. Brock
All that I learned is this; leading questions lead to desired results. I scored all over the place. I still have no idea where I stand. My goal for this semester has become, in part, to figure that out. I have considered myself a Republican since high school, for the most basic reasons, but I am starting to think more and more that I am a libertarian. Anyhow, here is what I discovered. Please keep in mind that you may end up with consistent results simply because you are familiar with political terminology. I had to google a lot of the words and concepts I was being questioned about, rather then answer based on a firm grasp of them. I am going to repeat the experiment at the end of the semester and see if I come up with more consistent results, due to a firmer grasp on the concepts being presented.
According to Advocates For Self-Government's "The World's Smallest Political Quiz", I am a Right-wing Conservative. I find this interesting, and perhaps not light-years from the truth. According to The Political Compass, I am a neo-lib. This is also within the realm of possibility, as odd as it may sound. I really have a lot to learn, so one never can tell. According to GoToQuiz.com, I am a fascist! (Communist was a close second...scary). Right then- moving on. According to BlogThings, I am a "Don't Tread On Me Libertarian". According to SelectSmart.com, I am an Anarchist. Haha! I am really starting to enjoy this process! According to All The Tests, I am a Democratic Socialist. Interesting. Finally, according to ProProfs, I am a Libertarian. Wow. Well, that's all she wrote...er, I wrote. This wasn't assigned, but come on, people, let's try to have some fun being bloggers!
If you have the time, and the patience for some poorly designed quizzes, please be obliged to do all 7 of these and post your result as a comment on this blog, so that I can see how other people fared. Thanks for reading!
Sincerely yours,
Ashley L. Brock
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