Did I wake up in the Bizzaro Universe?

NERDS!

Gotta agree withe sentiments expressed by the headline.

/Fox and Friends... wtf???

February 14, 2009 - the slowest news day in the history of the world.

The only news is that it took as long as it did for anyone to point it out.

The kid may be smart, but he's no genius. Except when compared to the rest of Kansas.

If your not offected by this story, you have no sole.

If they really want to ensure that there aren't any spelling or grammar mistakes they should run those tests by the TF community before release.

How is this even worth mentioning in a neighborhood's weekly flier?

madcharlie: If they really want to ensure that there aren't any spelling or grammar mistakes they should run those tests by the TF community before release.

If I ever write a book, I'm going to post it one sentence at a time. Free proof-reading.

FTA: He is scheduled to appear on the Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends" morning show Sunday.

"Young Republican finds error in Democrat designed test and proves the entire Democrat education system a failure."

Who the F cares.

CruiserTwelve: FTA: He is scheduled to appear on the Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends" morning show Sunday.

"Young Republican finds error in Democrat designed test and proves the entire Democrat education system a failure."

I LOLed.

Who did he have to pay off to get media attention over something like this?

Wow, I've seen some slow news days but YEEESH, this is pretty bad.

Enjoy your fifteen minutes, kid...

That headline would make a great T-shirt slogan.

Slow news day aside, how the hell do you type "the omission of greenhouse gases" and not have somebody catch it?

Hello, I'm a certified douchebag who's going to have every semi-hot chick asking him to prom over this.

/when I pointed out errors on tests, the teacher would just want to kill me, and the other kids would just laugh.
//and I graduated last year.

Spelling Nazi's rejoice!

madcharlie: If they really want to ensure that there aren't any spelling or grammar mistakes they should run those tests by the TF community before release.

This is a good thing, y'know. Go read some YouTube comments to understand why.

The error he found was a spelling error. He noticed "slow nwes day" had some transposed letters.

It's just like any other day for most on Fark.

Spelling error? Check.
Wondered if poster is a chowderhead? Check.
Decided to ignore it? Check.
Next thread? Check.

linebacker? he looks more like a "tight-end"

Holy crap... you think that's news go take a look at the Georgia P.O.S.T tests. Must be a national crisis on them..

This kid looks like he is 10 years old

This really just goes to show the sad state that our education system is in on so many levels.

Wait a minute -- "omission" of greenhouse gases vs. "emission" of greenhouse gases? Maybe, just maybe, people are feeding off the Freudian slip of the whole issue? Like we don't have enough, or we've omitted to work with the Kyoto protocols? Or we should? That must have been the angle that Fox and Friends was working, right? Or, like everyone said, real slow news day.

This redefines 'not news.'

crypticsatellite: Did I wake up in the Bizzaro Universe?

Wants a word about the misspelling.




/hot

Welcome to Costco, I love you.

I'm impressed anybody in Kansas caught this, considering nobody there has yet caught the most obvious spelling mistake, whereby they spell "Evolution" as "Creationism"

jibern: Welcome to Costco, I love you.

heh

co-conspirator: The only news is that it took as long as it did for anyone to point it out.

The kid may be smart, but he's no genius. Except when compared to the rest of Kansas.

Funny story about Kansas, at one point in my life I wanted to be a geologist (bad idea). My college class took a road trip across the Great Plains and down to the South West. We'd get out at road cuts and chip away at the rock to look for fossils. In Kansas the churchs would go out to the road cuts and spray them with black spray paint, thinking it would prevent us from proving evolution or some crap. We of course had rock hammers, and you always chip away the out layer anyways so it was a futile effort by the Xians.

Well then, good for you

Sarcastica75: jibern: Welcome to Costco, I love you.

heh

and might i add, lol.

This happens in New York or California and no one pays attention.
This happens in Kansas and it goes to Fark's main page.

/honestly surprised that a Kansas exam acknowledges greenhouse gases.

LordOfThePings: If your not offected by this story, you have no sole.

You halve know sole.

OMG, a teenager can spell, stop the presses!

/srsly

how does this effect me?

It's a feeble attempt by FAUX News to try to sound smart by shedding light on this grammar based story. The Grammar Nazis are always the ones with the lower IQ trying to prove that they are smart.

CruiserTwelve: FTA: He is scheduled to appear on the Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends" morning show Sunday.

"Young Republican finds error in Democrat designed test and proves the entire Democrat education system a failure."

Was this error deliberately created by the Al-Qaeda-Obama conspiracy that may or may not exist? We'll have Ann Coulter to comment on that after these messages.

What a big deal for nothing.

Sounds like a fine young fellow anyway.

Just... damn. Finding a one letter typo makes you a celebrity?

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I'm not surprised there's a gross error on a test made by Kansas teachers -- Kansas has some of the worst teachers in the country, mostly because they pay teachers less (as a function of cost of living) than nearly any other state. Anyone with a brain in Kansas who wants to teach gets hired in another state where they pay teachers a living wage.

The only people willing to teach in Kansas are those too stupid to get hired anywhere else.

co-conspirator: The only news is that it took as long as it did for anyone to point it out.

The kid may be smart, but he's no genius. Except when compared to the rest of Kansas.

Indeed. I recall catching errors on tests in school (in fact I still do sometimes) but I almost never bother saying anything unless there's a compelling reason to do so. In the case of TFA, it was pretty clear "emission" was what was meant in the question by the context, so I would have continued the test, being mindful of the time limit. There have been times, though, when math or chem teachers will mis-write equations (making a number negative that should be positive, etc.), giving a crazy or improbable answer. THAT's when I ask the teacher if that's what they really meant.

AnnoyingKidNextDoor: Hello, I'm a certified douchebag who's going to have every semi-hot chick asking him to prom over this.

/when I pointed out errors on tests, the teacher would just want to kill me, and the other kids would just laugh.
//and I graduated last year.

He's playing the game, and doing it well. Yes, it's silly, but it'll be another thing that'll stand out when he enters the highly competitive college application market. Don't hate him because he's winning at a stupid game that he didn't design.

He should teach illiterate adults to read.

Sounds like sum won used there spell czeck instead of proofreading four grammar miss takes.

Watt a bunch of loosers.

Heh, I kept expecting to see "The Onion" logo somewhere.