Jeesh, that data is aggravating. Here’s a run down of what percentile rank is: If you are at a 50% percentile, you are in the middle of the normal distribution of scores. So, it would make sense that public schools would be at the 50th percentile since the sample size is so large, it’s really a cross-section of the general population. Even if every public school child started performing exceptionally well on standardized tests, their aggregated scores would still turn up in the 50th percentile. The bell curve doesn’t change when the scores do.  Homeschoolers represent a much smaller population whose scores will look differently on the frequency distribution. Also, as it clearly shows in the data, education (and presumably income, since those things are correlated) is disproportionately high among parents of homeschoolers, so it’s likely you will see higher percentiles on standardized tests when compared to the general population. A more accurate representation would be to compare public school students and homeschooled students of similar educational backgrounds and socioeconomic status.  So, in other words, apples to oranges.

Grrrrrr! Even on landlines you don’t get a dial tone after someone hangs up. Go find one and try it. They still exist, people! After someone drops the line, you have to touch the hookswitch to make a dial tone. Even if you wait for a minute you get the “doo doo doo! If you’d like to make a call, please hang up and try again…” #6 has always driven me nuts and I’d try to recreate it as a kid but always, “doo doo doo!”

Yeah, these are all late 90’s bands.

Thank you. I was just about to post how imprecise the original poster’s list was. When I saw the 1996 picture, I thought it was odd that a picture with the time/date stamp could get a Pulitzer so I did my own research. It’s important that photographers get the recognition and credit they deserve. Especially when misinformation is being broadcast to the masses.

Knowing any foreign language requires a lot of dedication and time, but how is knowing French make him smarter than anyone else who is bilingual? He said he studied abroad in Provence and lived with a French family so it was essential that he learned to speak the language. Most of us would end up speaking a second language too if we were in that situation. So many foreign actors and actresses in the U.S. speak English fluently but no one is calling them sexy genius brainiacs. And what about the millions of people in the United States who are fluent in both Spanish and English? Or Mandarin and English? Or any combination of any two or more languages? Sorry, not impressed…But he’s still hot.

And after all these years, as you post your memories to a buzzfeed comments page, you still think nothing of your gender in relation to a high school cooking class. This experience obviously had no impact on your views of gender roles whatsoever. You’re safe to live in a gender-blind world, my friend.

Well, personally I think I’m HILARIOUS!

…I kinda like ‘em…