Japanese students are stupid

[Sputty]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1516&ncid=1516&e=1&u=/afp/20040921/od_afp/offbeat_japan_education_040921085846

Kids in Land of the Rising Sun in the dark over astronomy

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TOKYO (AFP) - They may come from the Land of the Rising Sun, but many Japanese children do not know the solar body sets in the west and also think it circles the Earth, a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan said.


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But their ignorance of basic astronomy is not because they are poor students -- just the opposite, they have learned badly thought-out lessons by rote, Hidehiko Agata, an assistant professor at the observatory told AFP Tuesday.


A team led by Agata questioned a total of 1,692 students aged nine to 13 in three different surveys from June 2001 to June 2004.


In one survey of 720 pupils, 27 percent did not know that the Sun sets in the west, while two percent explained the Moon's waxing and waning by choosing the explanation "the Moon has many shapes".


In another sample, out of 348 students asked to circle the correct statement to describe the Earth's orbital relationship to the Sun, 42 percent circled "the Sun goes around the Earth", while 56 percent picked the correct answer.


Only 39 percent correctly answered that the Moon orbits the Earth in the same way as man-made satellites.


Agata said that under the Japanese elementary school curriculum introduced in 2002, teachers only explain the movement of the Sun, the Moon and the stars as viewed from the perspective of the ground.


"This is a case of students answering as they are taught rather than them just making a mistake," he said.


Agata also noted students in rural areas with more experience of outdoors more often answered correctly than children from Japan's brightly-lit cities where the night sky is only dimly visible.


"Students' experience with nature has become very limited so I think that is a big reason for this result," he said.


Agata presented his surveys Tuesday to a meeting of the the Astronomical Society of Japan.

[Baneblade]

Interesting

[firecrackerNC]

Hey now. I had a Japanese exchange student friend and he wasn't stupid. Taku rocked, funny, a weightlifting beast and was a major party guy. He went to all the partys and always got drunk and/or stoned and yet he got like a 4.0 gpa.

[Everay]

my god, what dumb fucks, corr, your wrong man! WRONG! but thats japanese japanese, japanese americans are smart, but dont confuse them with vietnamese, because vietnamese are gangsta rap.

[Dharkbayne]

Duh, sputty, everyone knows the only thing Asians are good at is Starcraft, Math, and DDR. :p

[firecrackerNC]

Lol actually funny you should say that I got a Vietnamese friend who is a gangsta/drug dealer/rapper. Hes cool tho he hooks me up with good prices so I cant say anything bad bout him.

[Dharkbayne]

Lol actually funny you should say that I got a Vietnamese friend who is a gangsta/drug dealer/rapper. Hes cool tho he hooks me up with good prices so I cant say anything bad bout him.


Can you talk about ANYTHING but getting drunk/high?


WOW! YOU SMOKE POT! UR SO KEWL! BE MY FRIEND PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

[Ivan]

* Ivan sets mode: *Hate!*@* #PSU

[firecrackerNC]

I said he was a drug dealer and hooks me up with good prices yet I didn't say he hooks me up with drugs. Mabey he hooks me up with candy or Black n milds?

[Ivan]

Let's bring this thread back on topic please...

[Sputty]

K, the japanese suck

[Electrofreak]

Asian schoolchildren might be dumb but the time they get to high school those kids are geniuses.

[firecrackerNC]

Asians rock and are damn smart. I have 3 asian friends all from different countries all freakin cool.

[Ivan]

Now here�s a question, Russia is in Asia, do you call a Russian Asian?

[firecrackerNC]

Holy shitez I never thought of that.

[Doop]

Asians talk funny.

[firecrackerNC]

Lol yep. I have a chinease friend that still sounds funny tho every year it sounds more and more normal and the Japanese kid was hilarious. He didnt know all the bad words and we had to teach him. He'd be like " God damnit this is shit, I forgot fucking homework. I need to get this bitch from locker plz" But in accent heavy voice. He learned after a week tho not to use those words but it was fun while it lasted.

[Baneblade]

Now here�s a question, Russia is in Asia, do you call a Russian Asian?
Well, Russia is in Europe, Siberia is in Asia...so probably not.

[Ivan]

90% of Russia is in Asia
http://www.small-hydro.com/Images/continents.gif

Edit- ok well maybe not 90% but most of it.

[Baneblade]

You have that backwards, 90% of Russia is in Europe. But 100% of Siberia is in Asia.

[DeepStrikeck]

umm, its one country, those are just sections.

[Baneblade]

Siberia is an occupied country.

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0861075.html

[oddfish]

Siberia is actually in Itally.. and Russia is a province of Australia just north of Brazil. duh!

you guys are so dumb.

[Baneblade]

Rufflechips

[ChewyLSB]

You call a Russian some ethnicity based on where in the country they come from. If they come from the European part, they're European. If they come from the Asian part, they're Asian.

Personally, I'm a Taiwanese person, although technically I'm Chinese since Taiwan is still part of China.

[oddfish]

I'm African. I speak Swahili(sp?)

[Baneblade]

Well Taiwan is another interesting deal hehe.

MSI rules though.

[oddfish]

Well Taiwan is another interesting deal hehe.

MSI rules though.

I have a funny hat. It was made out of a lions head. I have a spear. I can throw a spear. It is good.

[Baneblade]

I have a funny hat. It was made out of a lions head. I have a spear. I can throw a spear. It is good.
Weren't you on Survivor?

[JetRaiden]

they need to learn to abandon tradition for reality.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

carot underscore carot

[oddfish]

Weren't you on Survivor?

I ate your dog. It had too much fur and needed garlic and salt. I snuck in your house and peed on the carpet. Then I threw a spear at your car. Your car is stronger than my spear. I have to make a new spear.

[Baneblade]

I think this thread is derailed. Thank you AmTrak.

[oddfish]

I think this thread is derailed. Thank you AmTrak.

I want to pee on your carpet again. Buy another dog. I am hungry. I still need to make a new spear. I think I lost my hat.

[Baneblade]

I ate your dog. It had too much fur and needed garlic and salt. I snuck in your house and peed on the carpet. Then I threw a spear at your car. Your car is stronger than my spear. I have to make a new spear.
I pick teeth with broke spear.

[Baneblade]

I want to pee on your carpet again. Buy another dog. I am hungry. I still need to make a new spear. I think I lost my hat.
Your urin no good this village.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

I'm white.

Do you like cotton?

[Baneblade]

I'm white.

Do you like cotton?
Polyester foo

[oddfish]

I am at your back door with a big knife that i made out of the aluminum siding on your neighbor's house. I want my broken spear back. I am peeing on your mother's geranium flowers. I found my lion hat. I am better learning to speak English. I sm no longer only able to speak Swahili(sp?)

Java Applet Window

Flying Saucer

Tofu and Bean Sprouts

[Baneblade]

I live desert, stucco make bad knife.

[JetRaiden]

GUYS GET BACK ON TOPIC!!!!1 :mad:


so, about those stupid asians....

[Baneblade]

I met a Pong Wang Ping once.

[Jekz]

Well... I don't recall there being any famous Japanese astronomers.

[oddfish]

Well... I don't recall there being any famous Japanese astronomers.

What about Wo Ping Wang? Or Zhou Fun-Ling? Or Min Po Lang? Or Kai Gin-Pan???? What about them?? HUH?

[Triggar]

What about Chiaki Mukai, mo' fo's?

She's leet.

[oddfish]

What about Chiaki Mukai, mo' fo's?

She's leet.


yeah, her too! and don't forget Phan Duk-Lee!!

[Baneblade]

The closest thing to an astronomer Japan has is in an Anime cartoon.

[Jekz]

How's their space program coming along? :lol:

[OfaLoaf]

The Chinese had decent astronomers in like, the Zhou dynasty.

[Baneblade]

Japanese are too worried about falling off their rocks to look up.

[Everay]

you know, all chinese names sound alike to me, its almost impossible for me to remember the different people of their history.

[oddfish]

HAW HAW HAW! U clazy ameican think youu sooooooo fawny! haw haw haw!! you gonna fin' ouh reeeer soon, we gawt bettel nuke ploglan den youuuuuu!! haw haw haw haw! reell falny, haw haw haw!

[OfaLoaf]

HAW HAW HAW! U clazy ameican think youu sooooooo fawny! haw haw haw!! you gonna fin' ouh reeeer soon, we gawt bettel nuke ploglan den youuuuuu!! haw haw haw haw! reell falny, haw haw haw!

We Say Hello!
We Say Hello!
We Say Hello!

[Wraithlord]

I know if they did the same thing in american schools half the kids would answer wrong just because its such a stupid question, for the sake of fucking with statistics...I don't think japanese kids are any different in that regard

[ChewyLSB]

The reason so many chinese names sound similar in English is because English doesn't have nearly as diverse a range of sounds that Chinese requires. I mean, how many spellings of the name "Mao De Zong" do we need?

I don't even know hod you'd translate my chinese name into English.

[Hamma]

This thread is racist.

[Jekz]

Humorously so.

[OfaLoaf]

This thread is racist.
Everybody's a bit racist....




So? I tell redneck jokes, I know a guy who tells Polish jokes, how are Asian jokes any different?

[Everay]

i wasnt trying to make a joke, im serious, i try hard to get the names down, but shit dude, they either all sound alike or are too long or too similar in spelling. at least to me.

[Jekz]

Because six out of every ten internet users spells "Asian" as "Asain"?

[Baneblade]

I spell Asian: H-A-W-T

[Jekz]

Who does not?

[Baneblade]

Ping doesn't, but he is crazy.

[Jekz]

Ah, das ist Recht.

[OfaLoaf]

Because six out of every ten internet users spells "Asian" as "Asain"?
I was typing fast, so sorry Jekz-san. (or is it sama?)

[UncleDynamite]

^_^!

[Jekz]

Staliness.

Don the red minx coat.

[oddfish]

I Hates Everyone Who Don't Look Just Like Meeeeeeeeee!!! Durk A Durrrr!!

[UncleDynamite]

Durk A Durrrr!!

DURK!

http://www.reboelje.nl/images/durk.jpg

[oddfish]

:lol: :lol: :lol:






















btw... is Dharkie banned AGAIN???? i missed it.

[UncleDynamite]

Dharkie angered the Durkieman. Fear the Durkieman. He'll Durkie you up your pooper hole.

[oddfish]

Dharkie angered the Durkieman. Fear the Durkieman. He'll Durkie you up your pooper hole.

wha? :doh:

[UncleDynamite]

I don't know. But Hamma did say he was going to ban some idiots...

[oddfish]

ah fuck i'm probably next.. *sigh* i just wonder how long he's going to do it for... :(

[Jekz]

::cowers::

[oddfish]

::cowers::

why? what's he gonna ban YOU for? you don't have my reputation, sweetheart. :D

[ObnoxiousFrog]

Needs moar Mr. Roboto.

WIOTH PARTZ MAID IN JAPN! ^_^

[oddfish]

Needs moar Mr. Roboto.

WIOTH PARTZ MAID IN JAPN! ^_^


NEEDS MOAR CRINT EASTWOO!!! HAI HAI!! XD

[Baneblade]

Incoming BAN units!

[oddfish]

Incoming BAN units!

INCOMING ANIME UNITS!!

>.< -_- ^.^ +.+ >_< ^_^ 0.o 0_0 o_0

HELP!

HELP!

Fantastic!

You call yourself a soldier?

Destroy their medical facilities!

We need a medic!

Well met.

[Baneblade]

Destroy their Medical Terminals!

[oddfish]

Destroy their Medical Terminals!


Hail!

Warning! Sniper!

[Baneblade]

Resecure our Control Console!

[Wraithlord]

http://fool.coma.aisnet.jp/top.jpg

[Wraithlord]

http://www.breakin-out.net/pics/moonie_kekeke_%5E%5E_peaces.jpg

[Wraithlord]

look damnit!