interested party: Chemical toilet home to 8th best test takers

6/14/12

Chemical toilet home to 8th best test takers

Deseret News is an unabashed mouthpiece for the LDS Church in Utah. It's in the twitter feed mostly for its weird news value. A trivioid popped up this morning that made me go look:

#8 South Dakota

Average SAT score: 1737

Average ACT score: 21.8

At the top of the list are Minnesota and Iowa. Montana, Wyoming, and the other Mountain West states score very well, too; yet, New Mexico and Nevada are in the lower half of states. DC is 51st.

Intersecting with these results comes a piece in the New York Times Education section describing the spiking use of pharmaceuticals among students:

The number of prescriptions for A.D.H.D. medications dispensed for young people ages 10 to 19 has risen 26 percent since 2007, to almost 21 million yearly, according to IMS Health, a health care information company — a number that experts estimate corresponds to more than two million individuals. [P]rescription stimulants became a point of contention when a girl with otherwise middling grades suddenly improved her SAT score.

Data on which states dispense the most ADHD 'scripts are ancient: anyone find anything recent?

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Wild Horses of Red Rock

After consulting with the Horse Shelter and an equine veterinarian Donnamarie and Larry have decided that the best way to protect ten free-roaming horses is to keep them in their care. Forage is scarce and the only water available is from wells on their property so the four mares that will foal very soon will be safe, well cared for and as wild as possible. About fifteen acres is fenced with horse-safe wire but the gate is always open so the herd can come and go as they please. The couple has been buying hay and so far that is working but the three stallions need to be gelded and that is expensive so we're asking you to pony up to help defray the cost.