Yikes, America, If You Like Gold Medals So Much, Why Are We Losing These?

Boy, I wish I could count how many gold medals America is going to win at the Olympics this year, but since America ranks 31st in mathematics, I can’t count higher than the number of fingers I have. Eleventy is a number, right?

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Rebecca Eisenberg

Jul 27, 2012

Boy, I wish I could count how many gold medals America is going to win at the Olympics this year, but since America ranks 31st in mathematics, I can’t count higher than the number of fingers I have. Eleventy is a number, right?

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