American ignorance of the world

[gjore]

A National Geographic survey has recently caused consternation among those who have a real interest in the education of the youth of the United States. That survey, which was a test of the geographic knowledge of youth of many nations. The young people of this country displayed an abysmal ignorance of the most basic facts of world geography and even of the geography of their own nation.
According to the survey, only one out of seven Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 could find Iraq or Iran on a world map. Despite so much comment in the news lately about Afghanistan only 58 percent were aware of that nation and ONLY 17 percent could find it on the map!
Displaying even greater ignorance, when asked to find ten U.S. states on the map, only 89 percent could find Texas and California and only 51 percent could locate New York. When asked to locate sixteen countries on a world map, these geographic ‘wide-awakes’ could only find seven of the sixteen. Twenty nine percent couldn’t find the diminutive PACIFIC OCEAN! Eleven percent couldn’t even find their own country, the UNITED STATES on the world map!

http://www.etherzone.com/2002/burn120802.shtml

if you know any examples of american ignorance, feel free to post them here.

"Eleven percent couldn’t even find their own country, the UNITED STATES on the world map!"

OH MY GOD

[Balozi]

jesus :doh:

http://www.bruner.net/blog/archives/011904.shtml

[WisdomSeeker]

''The citizens of Greece are the Grecians''

George W Bush.

the people deserve its leaders someone said

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...storyId=850621

Randolph E. Schmid / Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage
from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans
recently polled couldn't locate Louisiana on a map and 48 percent
were unable to identify Mississippi.

Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even worse with
foreign locations: 6 in 10 couldn't find Iraq, according to a
Roper poll conducted for National Geographic.

National Geographic president John Fahey announced a program to
help remedy the problem.

It's hoping to enlist businesses, nonprofit groups and educators
in a bid to improve geographic literacy. [...]


How do you expect them to locate where Afghanistan is on the map (and other countries for that matter)
when they are unable to locate several of their states firstly??:trampolin

[..Jovan..]

lol this doesnt surprise me! :D

[gjore]

Hehe, here is something more from the great George Bush:

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." - Washington, D.C., August 5, 2004

"Secondly, the tactics of our—as you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's—ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions—you can't—we're out of sanctions."

- Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 2004

"I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive."

- Washington, D.C., June 24, 2004

"I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist, for joining us today. … He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. (Laughter.) Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."

- Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004

"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."

- Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004

"More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than - I say more Muslims - a lot of Muslims have died - I don't know the exact count - at Istanbul. Look at these different places around the world where there's been tremendous death and destruction because killers kill."

- Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."

- Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

I have a :old: for Bush:

:worthy: start and until then just :zipped: it.

:common051

more on http://www.whywehatebush.com/bush-quotes.html

[..Jovan..]

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." - Washington, D.C., August 5, 2004
]

Well he is in my opinion the world's biggest terrorist!

[..Jovan..]

"God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear."

He thinks that god is people :

[tsunami]

Well guys, dont get so horny about the US or Bush, cause there is a small percentage of people in America that actually runs literally the globe.

Their education system is propably not the best surely, but while they are so igorant in geography, they are at the same time very familiar in business and trade, something lacking from our Balkan mindsets.

You cant have it all, mostly developed nations train their youth according their needs.

The US doesnt need geographically familiar citizens as they do not have any geographical aspirations like the Balkan countries have, while they have economical aspirations to markets, economies and trade, and technology, hence their technological and economical institution are the best in the world.

Do not underestimate them.

[gjore]

no, he thinks the he is God. :whistling
Or at least equivalent to him.

"God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us..."

[Kula]

Well guys, dont get so horny about the US or Bush, cause there is a small percentage of people in America that actually runs literally the globe.

Their education system is propably not the best surely, but while they are so igorant in geography, they are at the same time very familiar in business and trade, something lacking from our Balkan mindsets.

You cant have it all, mostly developed nations train their youth according their needs.

The US doesnt need geographically familiar citizens as they do not have any geographical aspirations like the Balkan countries have, while they have economical aspirations to markets, economies and trade, and technology, hence their technological and economical institution are the best in the world.

Do not underestimate them.

Yeah, that's true. In America students tend to specilise in certain fields and aren't thaught organic chemistry if they want to be programmers for example.

[..Jovan..]

Yeah, that's true. In America students tend to specilise in certain fields and aren't thaught organic chemistry if they want to be programmers for example.

I have a cousin in South Carolina and he says that the americans teach in school how the german way of life is wrong. What idiots:doh:

[gjore]

Well guys, dont get so horny about the US or Bush, cause there is a small percentage of people in America that actually runs literally the globe.

Their education system is propably not the best surely, but while they are so igorant in geography, they are at the same time very familiar in business and trade, something lacking from our Balkan mindsets.

You cant have it all, mostly developed nations train their youth according their needs.

The US doesnt need geographically familiar citizens as they do not have any geographical aspirations like the Balkan countries have, while they have economical aspirations to markets, economies and trade, and technology, hence their technological and economical institution are the best in the world.

Do not underestimate them.

Yes Tsunami you are right. They do train their youth according to their needs.

But finding one's own coutry on a world map is not something you need training for, it's common knowledge, especially if we take into consideration the fact they the USA covers such a large portion of that map.

[Alalzia]

Speaking in tongues, weeping for salvation, praying for an end to abortion and worshipping a picture of President Bush — these are some of the activities at Pastor Becky Fischer's Bible camp in North Dakota, "Kids on Fire," subject of the provocative new documentary, "Jesus Camp."

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2455343&page=1

leenks not to be missed

www.whitehouse.org
www.landoverbaptist.com

[Alalzia]

If you think you are good in geography try this

http://sickflash.com/europe_education.htm

i thought i was good but i only made 40/44

[gjore]

my score : 43 of 44 questions
error: 0 miles
Avg. error: 5 miles
Pct. Correct: 98%
Time total: 265 sec.

i only missed Malta for a couple of hundred kms...damn.

as for http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2455343&page=1 all i can say is OMG:O

[Balozi]

then they blame muslims. lol

[gjore]

I also tryed the US map. didn't score so good, but not bad either considering they all look the same, big squares...i now know why americans hate geography.:whistling

39 perfect our of 50 turns
Error 0 miles
Average error 87 miles
score 78%
time 394 secs.

take a look at this http://sickflash.com/real_bush.html lol

[Balozi]

omg. it's terminator! :P
he and arnie are one and the same? :P

[Alalzia]

I missed latvia, estonia,malta (by a couple of Kms) and monaco for the same reason.
worshiping bush is ok if your gf is a born again christian (sorry for the nasty comment but it was deserved)

[..Jovan..]

for european map i got 43/44 i only got moldova wrong