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brain sizes: Einstein's and women's

Jet thatjetnospam at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 20 17:44:28 EST 2002



Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> 
> "Thalamus" <zhil at online.no> wrote:
> >"Bob LeChevalier" <lojbab at lojban.org> skrev i melding
> >news:rbrgjugskro0glcl8glvn2672lkjhkkm49 at 4ax.com...
> >> "Thalamus" <zhil at online.no> wrote:
> >> >I think that this can hardly be called irrelevant:
> >> >http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/condition98/c9818a01.html
> >> >And I'll humiliate you totally, for read THIS:
> >> >"Average mathematics proficiency (scale score) by race/ethnicity and age:
> >> >1973-1996
> >> >                      White                             Black
> >> >Hispanic
> >> >Year    Age9 Age13 Age17 Age9 Age13 Age17 Age9 Age13 Age17
> >> >1973     225    274    310     190    228     270       202   239    277
> >> >1978     224    272    306     192    230     268       203   238    276
> >> >1982     224    274    304     195    240     272       204   252    277
> >> >1986     227    274    308     202    249     279       205   254    283
> >> >1990     235    276    310     208    250     289       214   255    284
> >> >1992     235    279    312     208    250     286       212   259    292
> >> >1994     237    281    312     212    252     286       210   256    291
> >> >1996     237    281    312     212    252     286       215   256    292"
> >> >
> >> >Now, it seems that the nigger achieved as an 17-year old on par with White
> >> >13-year old kids (IE check the numbers for 1973,1978 and 1982).
> >> >It seems that they in fact have achieved a little better than those pesky
> >> >13-year old White kids later on, but the divide is still there.
> >> >
> >> >So, you loose Nigger, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
> >> >!!!!!!!!!
> >> >N I G G E R !!!!!
> >>
> >> Actually YOU lose, dummy.  The data shows that the 17 year old score for
> >> whites has changed only 2 points over the 23 years covered by the table,
> >> whereas the 17 year old score for blacks improved by 16 points, the 13 year
> >> old score by 24 points, and the 9 year old score by 22 points.
> >>
> >> This either means that blacks are getting smarter at an enormous rate (in
> >> which case, in about 40 years they will surpass whites in math), or it means
> >> that blacks are rapidly catching up because we are finally making some
> >> efforts to teach blacks rather than label them as incapable like you do.
> >
> >Well, you have totally forgotten HOW MUCH they SPEND on teaching the Nigger
> >numbers.
> 
> Why does that matter?
> 
> >THAT has also increased - on par with the decrease (which can't be erased)
> >from 1982.
> 
> What decrease?  I see no decrease in the numbers posted above.
> 
> >So YOU loose, you see - IF both were given the SAME amount of spent dollars,
> >then in YOUR theory the divide should DECREASE.
> 
> I made no theory about the effects of spending.
> 
> >It has been in the media on how much they have spent on the non-Whites, and
> >how LITTLE they got in return.
> 
> Well, apparently in Norway you learn too little about American governance to
> know how education spending here is determined.  But I would not expect you
> to, just as I wouldn't purport to be able to comment on the treatment of
> Lapps and ethnic Swedes, much less immigrants from Turkey, in your country.
> 
> >http://nces.ed.gov/pubs/97917a.gif at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs/97917.html
> 
> Too bad you don't understand the text in that article, which doesn't support
> your prejudices at all.
> 
> >http://nces.ed.gov/pubs/97917c.gif
> >"Figure 3. Education "buying power" and percentage of minority
> >                enrollment with the effects of other variables related to
> >                district spending removed (1998-1990)
> >
> >                Less than 5% - $3920
> >                5%-<20%     - $4140
> >                20%-<50%    -$4300
> >                50% or more  -$4514"
> >
> >Noticed the trend ?
> >Yup, UPWARDS - AFTER they had removed "district spending" (which is
> >administrative spending).
> 
> No that is NOT what "district spending" means in the context of that article.
> 
> >You loose, again - and I win, again.
> >Don't try yourself agains a White Superior God.
> 
> Who apparently needs more education in English comprehension (and spelling -
> the word is "lose", loser) before he goes up "agains"

He claims Ebonics is gibberish, but seems to use it in just about every
post. :)

J

 an educated American in
> matters about his country's political affairs.
> 
> lojbab



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