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MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
36. Uh, yeah, but there's an issue here:
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:25 PM
Jan 2013

Your results

You're are the most literate person in the world

Congratulations! You are now ready for the 11th grade.

"You're are" is redundant. Whoever set this up isn't the most literate person in the world, I can guarantee.

Interesting list of books... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #1
There is a trend to let kids read more narrative Non-fiction these days. FSogol Jan 2013 #9
I loved this book, both from a historical and an ecological prospective. N/T Big Blue Marble Jan 2013 #85
My Results: FSogol Jan 2013 #2
Same here. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #8
I got that too, despite never having heard of some of the books. yardwork Jan 2013 #27
Ditto. DreamGypsy Jan 2013 #50
same here, the shame ! :) nt steve2470 Jan 2013 #52
Same sakabatou Jan 2013 #83
That's the result I got. HappyMe Jan 2013 #88
yes I am but then I grew up in a house with tens of thousands of books cali Jan 2013 #3
True that.... AnneD Jan 2013 #79
My results: The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #4
That was me, too. I've read all the older stuff but not the newer non-fiction. Shrike47 Jan 2013 #26
I suspect that many of those books were written after I left high school and college wryter2000 Jan 2013 #68
Apparently not. Scuba Jan 2013 #5
My results: RebelOne Jan 2013 #6
Same here. I've read a lot of books, just not those... Mass Jan 2013 #7
Exactly n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #14
I'd read everything by dead white males sweetloukillbot Jan 2013 #16
I got the same result SouthernLiberal Jan 2013 #18
Same here. sdfernando Jan 2013 #59
Same here n/t wryter2000 Jan 2013 #70
Ditto drmeow Jan 2013 #81
My results ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #10
Yes mine as well... Agschmid Jan 2013 #17
Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #19
Love the book! Agschmid Jan 2013 #21
Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #22
That's what I was wondering mcar Jan 2013 #33
I feel the same way! RiffRandell Jan 2013 #58
That's weird - I just got this video petronius Jan 2013 #11
Mixed bag. On the one hand, it depends on which state.... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #12
Banning "To Kill a Mockingbird" because it contains the "n" word is the absolute dumbest, Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #45
I don't know that it's been banned so much as taken off the reading list.... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #53
My results: Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #13
They say I am pretty well read, JitterbugPerfume Jan 2013 #15
I got bored with that quiz after 8 questions. CE5 Jan 2013 #20
I'd imagine your not well read then, huh? n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #38
I am. I just don't fall for gimmicky internet articles. CE5 Jan 2013 #46
Well... Agschmid Jan 2013 #49
is the list available in non-quiz form? Enrique Jan 2013 #23
I have no idea, sorry nt steve2470 Jan 2013 #24
Yes, it is. Link below: MineralMan Jan 2013 #61
thank you! Enrique Jan 2013 #86
Humbug! GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #25
I couldn't help but notice that your list has only one woman author on it. yardwork Jan 2013 #29
I don't choose books by the sex of the author. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #32
Broaden your horizons. You might like some of the works by women, too. yardwork Jan 2013 #34
I don't care what sex writes the book, only about the book itself. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #51
Toni Morrison was missing as well... Agschmid Jan 2013 #39
self delete wryter2000 Jan 2013 #74
I've read stuff by ALL of them. I feel so much better. Shrike47 Jan 2013 #30
Yeah, where's Hawthorne, & Dostoevski, & Dylan Thomas, & Yukio Mishima, & Stephen Crane & ... patrice Jan 2013 #42
Exactly. N/T GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #54
I mean, I can see them skipping Mark Twain, though he IS Great, because everyone reads Twain. patrice Jan 2013 #66
A lot of those theKed Jan 2013 #64
Everything fits into some genre or another. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #71
Oh I know theKed Jan 2013 #76
This is what I get for wasting my time with cheeseburger fiction: Xyzse Jan 2013 #28
What I've got... Scootaloo Jan 2013 #31
My results were fairly well read MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #43
My shelves are piled with tomes... Scootaloo Jan 2013 #48
checked all the questions but did not get a score of any sort. oh well nt msongs Jan 2013 #35
Uh, yeah, but there's an issue here: MineralMan Jan 2013 #36
Wow! For real? That's crazy! n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #41
Pretty funny, huh? MineralMan Jan 2013 #47
No. I am not as bored as a 10th grader. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #37
There were quite a few books MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #40
It's not a bad list, but it's heavy on late 20th century black history MineralMan Jan 2013 #44
Gave up on the quiz after 20 questions Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #55
That reminds me of this joke: FSogol Jan 2013 #57
You can see a complete list of Common Core "Text Exemplars" MineralMan Jan 2013 #56
The quiz isn't BS, it is showing how diverse modern English class has become. FSogol Jan 2013 #60
The implication by the CS Monitor is that students MineralMan Jan 2013 #63
Yep. It is bullshit, alright. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #62
It is only a list of examples of the quality of material MineralMan Jan 2013 #67
My brother tried to read drmeow Jan 2013 #82
Yeah- Didn't do too well on that WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #65
Meh, it says I'm sort of well read. I'd say I'm alternatively read. Xipe Totec Jan 2013 #69
I read more biographies and histories than novels, but here is my result: WI_DEM Jan 2013 #72
My results aristocles Jan 2013 #73
Got that too marions ghost Jan 2013 #91
I take umbrage with this idea that I would rather talk about sports WCGreen Jan 2013 #75
100% of what? Locrian Jan 2013 #77
And what about UncleYoder Jan 2013 #78
Core Standards... AnneD Jan 2013 #80
Where's Fifty Shades of Grey? llmart Jan 2013 #84
well thumbed, but in the trash marions ghost Jan 2013 #89
My results... cynatnite Jan 2013 #87
I'm pretty well read. LWolf Jan 2013 #90
internet slideslhow: worst information format in the history of ever Orrex Jan 2013 #92
No Walt Whitman, no Philip Roth, No Silivia Plath, No John Updike, No Leo Tolstoy? Drahthaardogs Jan 2013 #93
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