Billingham

You know someone named Arsenio Billingham? No.

We knew you executed more people per capita than a paranoid Roman Emperor, but this?

In order to pass the citizenship test, an applicant must answer six of the 10 questions correctly. As you can see in Table 2, only 2.8 percent of Oklahoma high-school students attending public schools answered six or more questions correctly, and thus pass the citizenship test. Out of the sample of 1,000 students, only six students got seven questions correct, and none answered eight or more questions correctly.

I can’t promise these numbers would be better in other states, but it’s worth noting that the reason New York has higher taxes than other states is that we spend more money on health care and education, and as such, have significantly higher quality health care and education.  This New York State public high school graduate can do what apparently no Oklahoman can do, and answer all ten questions correctly.

Here’s the test, and the percentage of Oklahomans answering correctly:

What is the supreme law of the land?                                                        28

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?          26

What are the two parts of the US Congress?                                          27

How many justices are there on the Supreme Court?                              10 (note:  the correct answer was 4th on the list of guesses)

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?                                          14 (Jefferson places behind Washington and Lincoln)

What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?                            61

What are the two major political parities in the United States?             43

We elect a US senator for how many years?                                             11 (wrong answers 10 and 4 passed the 6)

Who was the first President of the United States?                                  23 (10% answered "Barack Obama" or "George W. Bush")

Who is in charge of the executive branch?                                                29