Is it true that one thrid of americans can find america on a map?
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Wikipedia: "Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA (born 8 June 1955,[1] also known as "TimBL"), is a British engineer and computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World Wide Web"Leemaster777 said:
*shrug*
OT: Yeah, there probably are more stupid and ignorant Americans than there are in countries like England. But that's partly to do with the fact there is hell of a lot more people. More people = more stupid.
A lot of people are ignorant about world geography. It's not something we have to review on a day-by-day basis.
I'm sure one third of Americans CAN find america on a map.
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no, that being said. I think thats abit extreme. America is a single country. They probably mean they cant find certain states (and lets be honest, there are some forgettable states out there) on an unlabeled map and just say "America" to point out the glaring weakness of this country's education system.
Like (and no offense is meant), if they said find... I dont know... Kansas, on a map, sure some people would get it. But others would be like, "Kansas? The fuck do i care where Kansas is?" (thats an actual quote from a kid I sat next to in 8th grade geography, needless to say he's pumping gas, in Kansas of all places) Or if they said find Rhode Island (again no offense is meant), people might ask is that even a state? i thought that was a growth growing off Massachusettes" (again, another quote and i'm well aware I spelled that wrong, but i usually just say Mass.).
Unless its continental plus Canada plus hawaii, if you want to include alaska and hawaii in this. plus all the island territories we "own"
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no, that being said. I think thats abit extreme. America is a single country. They probably mean they cant find certain states (and lets be honest, there are some forgettable states out there) on an unlabeled map and just say "America" to point out the glaring weakness of this country's education system.
Like (and no offense is meant), if they said find... I dont know... Kansas, on a map, sure some people would get it. But others would be like, "Kansas? The fuck do i care where Kansas is?" (thats an actual quote from a kid I sat next to in 8th grade geography, needless to say he's pumping gas, in Kansas of all places) Or if they said find Rhode Island (again no offense is meant), people might ask is that even a state? i thought that was a growth growing off Massachusettes" (again, another quote and i'm well aware I spelled that wrong, but i usually just say Mass.).
Unless its continental plus Canada plus hawaii, if you want to include alaska and hawaii in this. plus all the island territories we "own"
That's just fucking stupid! We're talking about the stereotypes that aren't true...arkwright said:
More than a third, less than a half and I believe the term is 'ambiguously weighted' LOL JK AMERICA FAT.arkwright said:So are you saying its more than 1/3DraftPickle said:That's just fucking stupid! We're talking about the stereotypes that aren't true...arkwright said:
The sad thing is that these sorts of myths are largely perpetuated by a)bigoted foreigners who want to believe-or already do-Americans really are that stupid, and b)Americans who want to believe they're smarter than the rest of the ignorant Red White and Blue masses.
Well, actually, we're both right. Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web, but the actual internet itself was created decades beforehand by America. Willing to meet you halfway on this one.SnipErlite said:
I also agree with your other comments. The USA is the size of several European countries, so of course, there's a greater volume of stupid people.
While I partly agree with the "Geography isn't used day-to-day" argument, that video had some simply inexcuseable examples of stupidity. I mean, come on, Korea is an island? Seriously? That's just embarrassing, not just for themselves, but for all Americans.
so you just point out countries on a map? thats not a class and serves no use.punkrocker27 said:
I will seek your reply on this, and if you reply what what I think you are going to say, you mean history, currently, where I live, in the united states, there is no class you can take in high school or college that is human geography or other wise. There's humanities, modern US history, World History, and some other related government classes that are put into the history category plus some continent specific history, like histories that deal with parts of asia(note these are not in order). Geography was a class taken in elementary school, and LIKE ITS NAME SUGGESTS we learned where countries and states were.
lol! That's pretty funny! When I went to Cadet camp in 08 we hap to map out where to go, and then simply take a compass and follow our bearings until we completed the course (about 3-4km). I got a 98%, while some people either hit a road and stopped (at the beginning), or crossed the roads they weren't supposed to cross (walking several kilometres too far. Apparently one year a kid ended up in a farmers field and ate steak dinner that night, and the closest farm to the training site was a few dozen kilometres away.Mcupobob said:
Just comes to show you how ignorant most people are of their surroundings. Or in the case of the topic at hand, their own country. Most people don't realize just how important it is to know where your land starts and ends. That and people don't really care for the outside world. They know where they stand in their own towns, and keep it that way.
