Day off for Citizenship
Author: Jayne20 Aug
Today I have to study for my Britishness Test. Which, erm, I take this afternoon. I’m relying mostly on the fact that I like taking tests, but I suppose this isn’t going to be like the ‘How Emo Are You’ myspace poll quiz thingmy.
Therefore, there will be no bitter rants today.
Okay except one. I’d love for the current MP’s to take this damned test. If they don’t score the requisite 75% pass rate, they should have their asses kicked out. A lot of it isn’t that hard, but some is quite obnoxious.
If you’re British (and without googling, please) tell me if you know the following:
1. A Quarter of the population of UK are children and young people up to the age of 19 (T/F)
2. When did Britain become part of European Economic Community? (Mulitple Choice: 1979, 1949, 1973, 1987)
3. What is the ethnic minority population in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
4. What percentage of the British population is Christian?
5. What percentage of the Christian population of Britain is Roman Catholic? (There are also questions on other religions and sects that are smiliar.)
These aren’t the most obnoxious ones… just the ones off the top of my head.
I really don’t mind taking the test. I think it’s a good idea and promotes Britishosity and all that jazz….
But I think they should only ask questions that, umm, British people would be able to answer easily. If they can’t… either the British education system isn’t what it should be, or the test isn’t really what it purports to be.
/end rant
/begin study
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I’ll hazard some probably wildly wrong guesses:
1: True
2: 1973
3: I’ll say about 25% - although obviously much higher in London or Birmingham than in Shetland or Londonderry.
4: I’ll go for 33%
5: Let’s say 33% again!
Sorry, Jock! I won’t post the answers here in case anyone else wants to play along, but you only got 2/5 or 40%.
You have 30 days to mail your passport back to the Home Office.
Oh by the way… I passed the test! So just waiting for one more piece of paper to arrive in the mail before I can send off my citizenship application.
I should be officially Scottish by the end of the year! Yay!
(Oh and a second note to Jock… I would have given you credit if you had been anywhere close on some of those percentages. LOL.)
Ooh, I love a good quiz! (Must be a British trait!)
Here goes:
1. True
2. 1973
3. Toughie this… er, 15%?
4. Hmm, I’d say 65% say they’re Christian, but probably only 5% go to church.
5. 5%
Am I anywhere close? Oh, and congrat’s on passing!
Damn. I didn’t realise that you needed to know the ethnic breakdown of a country in order to live there. If the Home Office wants to come and get me, I’ll be armed and ready….
So if the test indicates that you’re not British enough, do they send you to live in France?
Maybe it is good that I am a Brit living in the States, I’d have to Google to get the answers!
Dang, now they won’t let me back in.
Ooops! I never did post the answers, did I?
Here we go!
1. True
2. 1973
3. The four countries combined it’s 8%, or England 9%, Scotland 2%, Wales 2%, and Northern Ireland 1%
4. ~75% call themselves Christians, but of those only 15% attend church.
5. 10% are Catholic UK-wide, but that number is 40% in Northern Ireland.
And yes, the fact that there were so many statistics in the book just goes to show you what happens when you let civil servants design things. LOL
Congrats, AnEnglishMum… this means you get to stay! You did fairly well!
Well, I guess being British is one thing I don’t suck at then!
… though apparently I’m completely rubbish at adding smilies to comments!