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Poll 50 states
if you know you know all the states, just say "all of them." i ask this because i had an extra credit pop quiz last week in my classes, asking my students to do this. the results alternately pissed me off and made me laugh. they pissed me off some because a fair number of my students cheated, pretty obviously. i hate that. they made me laugh because... well, it was funny:)
first of all, let me tell you the number of students who answered each state.
1. new york (89)
2. washington (83) (the only state named after a president, as they all say)
3. hawaii (77) (also walking away with the honor of having the most different misspellings--16)
4. florida (74)
5. california (72)
6. kansas (64) (why they all know kansas is beyond me)
7. mississippi (57)
8. new mexico (56)
9. alaska (55)
10. texas (51) (aka dexas, decksas)
11. indiana (51)
12. alabama (45) (home of forrest gump)
13. virginia (44)
14. kentucky (44) (aka kenturkey)
15. arkansas (43)
16. iowa (42)
17. louisiana (39)
18. maine (37)
19. ohio (36)
20. arizona (35)
21. montana (35)
22. colorado (35)
23. tennessee (35)
24. nevada (33)
25. michigan (33)
26. illinois (33)
27. maryland (31)
28. new jersey (30)
29. missouri (28)
30. georgia (24)
31. west virginia (24)
32. utah (23)
33. wyoming (21)
34. idaho (20)
35. massachusetts (19)
36. nebraska (18)
37. north carolina (17)
38. wisconsin (16)
39. oregon (15)
40. south carolina (14)
41. minnesota (14)
42. vermont (11)
43. oklahoma (11)
44. conneticut (10)
45. rhode island (9)
46. south dakota (9)
47. pennsylvania (7)
48. new hampshire (6)
49. north dakota (6)
50. "deloware" (1)
also worth mentioning:
new orleans was answered by 14 people
chicago by 9
washington d.c. by 8 (i counted that as correct)
mexico by 7
atlanta by 5
miami by 4
new zealand by 4
boston by 3
l.a. by 3
san fran by 3
columbia by 2
and cincinatti by 2
"places" being given as an answer by only one person included:
"manhaton"
"santa navoda"
san diego
des moines
"bominghan"
"naeural"
"lasvikas"
"musstussa"
"pencifornia"
"stanfort"
"niuim"
and "venemos"
....so right. we have a ways to go on our study of the united states.
if you know you know all the states, just say "all of them." i ask this because i had an extra credit pop quiz last week in my classes, asking my students to do this. the results alternately pissed me off and made me laugh. they pissed me off some because a fair number of my students cheated, pretty obviously. i hate that. they made me laugh because... well, it was funny:)
first of all, let me tell you the number of students who answered each state.
1. new york (89)
2. washington (83) (the only state named after a president, as they all say)
3. hawaii (77) (also walking away with the honor of having the most different misspellings--16)
4. florida (74)
5. california (72)
6. kansas (64) (why they all know kansas is beyond me)
7. mississippi (57)
8. new mexico (56)
9. alaska (55)
10. texas (51) (aka dexas, decksas)
11. indiana (51)
12. alabama (45) (home of forrest gump)
13. virginia (44)
14. kentucky (44) (aka kenturkey)
15. arkansas (43)
16. iowa (42)
17. louisiana (39)
18. maine (37)
19. ohio (36)
20. arizona (35)
21. montana (35)
22. colorado (35)
23. tennessee (35)
24. nevada (33)
25. michigan (33)
26. illinois (33)
27. maryland (31)
28. new jersey (30)
29. missouri (28)
30. georgia (24)
31. west virginia (24)
32. utah (23)
33. wyoming (21)
34. idaho (20)
35. massachusetts (19)
36. nebraska (18)
37. north carolina (17)
38. wisconsin (16)
39. oregon (15)
40. south carolina (14)
41. minnesota (14)
42. vermont (11)
43. oklahoma (11)
44. conneticut (10)
45. rhode island (9)
46. south dakota (9)
47. pennsylvania (7)
48. new hampshire (6)
49. north dakota (6)
50. "deloware" (1)
also worth mentioning:
new orleans was answered by 14 people
chicago by 9
washington d.c. by 8 (i counted that as correct)
mexico by 7
atlanta by 5
miami by 4
new zealand by 4
boston by 3
l.a. by 3
san fran by 3
columbia by 2
and cincinatti by 2
"places" being given as an answer by only one person included:
"manhaton"
"santa navoda"
san diego
des moines
"bominghan"
"naeural"
"lasvikas"
"musstussa"
"pencifornia"
"stanfort"
"niuim"
and "venemos"
....so right. we have a ways to go on our study of the united states.