# American education is rock solid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-education-is-rock-solid/624904>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 12, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-education-is-rock-solid/624904 "2012-06-12T12:58:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-education-is-rock-solid/624904/1 "2012-06-12T12:58:13Z")

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Check out this YouTube comment.

Must be a joke…right?

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/3Wrrn.png "YouTube comments at it again. -") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/3Wrrn)

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**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-education-is-rock-solid/624904/2 "2012-06-12T14:29:27Z")

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Doubt it. Some people are really that stupid. I once knew a woman who had Bachelor’s degree in business, which I would assume takes at least some brains to obtain. However, she was surprised when she found out Americans could get married in Hawaii. Because, you know, it’s a different country. 😕

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-education-is-rock-solid/624904/3 "2012-06-13T19:10:47Z")

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Yeah, Hawaii’s the stupidest country. Africa is second stupidest.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-education-is-rock-solid/624904/4 "2012-06-13T19:29:57Z")

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I don’t get it. Europe is a dumb country.

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**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-education-is-rock-solid/624904/5 "2012-06-13T19:36:05Z")

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Fun Fact: Americans can’t get married in DC since it’s not a state.

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**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-education-is-rock-solid/624904/6 "2012-06-13T20:01:12Z")

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The more there is to know about in this world, the less many people care to learn about it. There is a kind of elegant simplicity to ignorance. It makes it easier to believe that you are the center of the universe.