50 per cent Brits clueless where their heart is located

reply to post by TrueBrit


the daily mail relies on that shock and misinfo

and i know you were not being mean, but as a counterpoint to whats in the survey, i work with teens with conditions that run from severe learning difficulties to just being NEDs/NEETs from rotten backgrounds, and they far exceed the intelligence implied in the article!

reply to post by yourmaker

Originally posted by yourmaker
100% of people don't realize they are living on a planet in an infinite universe in some random galaxy.

The universe is not infinite. It is currently estimated to be 93 billion light years wide.

Originally posted by Ph03n1x

Originally posted by davethebear
I don't think that these statistics are very true, especially coming from the Daily Mail newspaper.....

Going by the way that the young generation are here in the UK and their lack of knowledge, intelligence and normal everyday communication skills. Such easy questions as, how many teeth does a person have? Which side of your body is your heart located? and how much blood is in the human body? does not surprise me in the least that they do not know.............

One main reason is because they don't shut the F**K up in class long enough so that any king of information can penetrate their brain cells....................

You are wrong about the lack of knowledge and intelligence in our youths..... you are judging based on preconceptions all that does for me is call into question your own level of intelligence...... just sayin

Well I have been teaching in schools for the last 17 years and I can assure you that their lack of knowledge is brought about due to the fact that they never have their mouth shut long enough to actually take in any information. They would rather be sent from the class than have their own conversations disrupted within the class. Even when they are told to leave the class there is no punishment in order for them to hopefully not continue with the same behaviour in the future compared to when I was at school.....

I don't suppose you live in the East End of London do you? That is where I teach, well try and teach. I am a good teacher, many of my colleagues are also good teachers, but I can assure you that the way things are going there are going to be serious problems arising in future generations regarding education and employment....

As for questioning my intelligence, you don't even know me...............

Maybe they are talking about the hearts of our politicians.....i got a qualification in Anatomy and Physiology and even i couldn't tell you where they are.

CX.

Originally posted by skalla
reply to post by TrueBrit

 

the daily mail relies on that shock and misinfo

and i know you were not being mean, but as a counterpoint to whats in the survey, i work with teens with conditions that run from severe learning difficulties to just being NEDs/NEETs from rotten backgrounds, and they far exceed the intelligence implied in the article!

I understand your point, and I agree that it is rare to find someone who has not the intelligence to understand these things, but it is by no means rare to find people who have willfully, or through the action of an uncaring educational establisment, failed to be given, or to accept input.

Intellect on its own, will avail one of very little, if one is not given access to, or desires access to, information. The point I am making, is that in my personal expirience, there is a cultural element to this in some cases deliberate avoidance of education and learning, which has nothing to do with capacity, but more to do with the idiot group mind, oppressing the needs of the individual intellect in question. That has been going on for years, and is a sickness related to the way our nations culture has changed. We focus far to much now, on appearance, on what we are clothed in, what we drive, and what we earn, and far to little on what we know, what we are learning, and keeping our minds sharp.

Originally posted by davethebear

Originally posted by Ph03n1x

Originally posted by davethebear
I don't think that these statistics are very true, especially coming from the Daily Mail newspaper.....

Going by the way that the young generation are here in the UK and their lack of knowledge, intelligence and normal everyday communication skills. Such easy questions as, how many teeth does a person have? Which side of your body is your heart located? and how much blood is in the human body? does not surprise me in the least that they do not know.............

One main reason is because they don't shut the F**K up in class long enough so that any king of information can penetrate their brain cells....................

You are wrong about the lack of knowledge and intelligence in our youths..... you are judging based on preconceptions all that does for me is call into question your own level of intelligence...... just sayin

Well I have been teaching in schools for the last 17 years and I can assure you that their lack of knowledge is brought about due to the fact that they never have their mouth shut long enough to actually take in any information. They would rather be sent from the class than have their own conversations disrupted within the class. Even when they are told to leave the class there is no punishment in order for them to hopefully not continue with the same behaviour in the future compared to when I was at school.....

I don't suppose you live in the East End of London do you? That is where I teach, well try and teach. I am a good teacher, many of my colleagues are also good teachers, but I can assure you that the way things are going there are going to be serious problems arising in future generations regarding education and employment....

As for questioning my intelligence, you don't even know me...............

Ex teacher here.......couldn't agree more. Frankly very depressing at times these days in a classroom. Even the good kids do not like being interrupted mid conversation......and as for mobile bloody phones.......

The whole world is full of idiots. The sooner you know that, the sooner a lot of everything makes sense.

A lot of conspiracies that are flung around here on ATS revolve around super intelligent people having super intelligent secret plans, but really, the conspiracies can all be explained by knowing the world is full of idiots, and most things are coincidence.

Originally posted by babloyi
reply to post by yourmaker

 

Originally posted by yourmaker
100% of people don't realize they are living on a planet in an infinite universe in some random galaxy.

The universe is not infinite. It is currently estimated to be 93 billion light years wide.

isnt that the visable universe

Originally posted by babloyi
100% of people don't realize they are living on a planet in an infinite universe in some random galaxy.

The universe is not infinite. It is currently estimated to be 93 billion light years wide.

Keyword ESTIMATED....

Meaning, you don't know.

reply to post by senselessness

I put "estimated" myself, because the universe is constantly expanding, and the 93 billion figure was from one or two years ago. The point is, the universe is not INFINITE.

Originally posted by davethebear

Originally posted by Ph03n1x

Originally posted by davethebear
I don't think that these statistics are very true, especially coming from the Daily Mail newspaper.....

Going by the way that the young generation are here in the UK and their lack of knowledge, intelligence and normal everyday communication skills. Such easy questions as, how many teeth does a person have? Which side of your body is your heart located? and how much blood is in the human body? does not surprise me in the least that they do not know.............

One main reason is because they don't shut the F**K up in class long enough so that any king of information can penetrate their brain cells....................

You are wrong about the lack of knowledge and intelligence in our youths..... you are judging based on preconceptions all that does for me is call into question your own level of intelligence...... just sayin

Well I have been teaching in schools for the last 17 years and I can assure you that their lack of knowledge is brought about due to the fact that they never have their mouth shut long enough to actually take in any information. They would rather be sent from the class than have their own conversations disrupted within the class. Even when they are told to leave the class there is no punishment in order for them to hopefully not continue with the same behaviour in the future compared to when I was at school.....

I don't suppose you live in the East End of London do you? That is where I teach, well try and teach. I am a good teacher, many of my colleagues are also good teachers, but I can assure you that the way things are going there are going to be serious problems arising in future generations regarding education and employment....

As for questioning my intelligence, you don't even know me...............

yes well be that as it may.... not all pupils are as you described. like it or not you are judging the masses on the behaviour of a few not a very good trait for an educator if you ask me. obviously your own experiences are forming the basis of your opinion but you are one teacher of thousands and i would assume you wouldn't judge all teachers on a few bad ones (they are out there). all i'm saying is don't judge all our youth on the traits of the few because if the people that educate our children have given up on them then the world is truly lost.

Originally posted by DocHolidaze
reply to post by leosnake

 

of course brits dont know how many teeth they have with there lack of oral hygiene im sure they all have different amounts lol

I am British born and bread there is nothing wrong with British oral hygiene we have good teeth ,
As you can see by my gorgeous smile

Survey must have been made up from participants of the Jeremy Kyle show....


Results aren't exactly surprising to me, I've realised many people don't know their arse from their elbow for a long time.

reply to post by skalla


Accompanied by an URBAN fox smoking lethal cannabis.

Originally posted by eyesdown
reply to post by skalla

 

Accompanied by an URBAN fox smoking lethal cannabis.

The Crack fox?

reply to post by Suspiria


the jezza vid was ace, but this country has always had plenty of brainless trolls, it aint new. the survey is still a load of misrepresentative bunk from britains premier fear monger.

Originally posted by skalla
reply to post by Suspiria

 

the jezza vid was ace, but this country has always had plenty of brainless trolls, it aint new. the survey is still a load of misrepresentative bunk from britains premier fear monger.

edit on 14-9-2012 by skalla because: giving JK his due

I agree with you. I'm addicted the the damn Daily Fail though of late. The shocking editing, hilarious fear mongering and general knee jerk #wittery in the comments section - It's like watching a car crash.

Quite funny and oddly Relevent !
Just watched a vid on YouTube about how many Americans don't know when 9/11 happened
In one interview the interviewer asks "in what month did the 9/11 attacks happen ?"
The reply ? "October"

????

Sorry cant embed so here's a link

www.youtube.com...

most of Russian do not know that VODKA was invented by Italians
if you tell them that info they become very angry

What a pile of nonsense, I suspect a lot of these suveys are made up to fill news space. Take a hearty run down the road and we can all locate our beating heart!