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Arrian
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Kneel before Grog!
Jul 2001
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I'm sure they are better than ours, Sir Ralph, at least with regard to geography...and probably most other subjects as well. Geography is something that is badly neglected (IMO) in U.S. public education. The reason I know far more than the average American about geography isn't because I'm smarter than the average American, but because my father, who was the product of a British education in the 1930s (memories of the Empire, what-what), considered it important and passed that on to me (he also had a gift for making it interesting - he's been to most of the places on that globe thingy). To this day I love maps. *shrug*
I remember having tests on US states & their capitols, which I suck at (I know the states, but could care less about the capitols), but can't remember anything major on world geography, which is sad. As a student of history, I can't imagine trying to understand people & events in a foreign land without first knowing where it is.
These survey results come out every few years, and they are always apalling. When I was a senior in highschool, one study found that over 50% of American HS seniors could not find the PLACE WHERE THEY LIVED on a map.
-Arrian
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Dom Pedro II
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The College of New Jersey
Nov 1999
time: 05:23
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Good point, Sprayber, but on the other hand, National Geographic is a rather reputable source.
But this is the way its done. You may all be like "Pish-aww! Lies, all of it!" (Or you're probably nothing like that...  )
But bare in mind that the people you associate yourselves with might be above par. I know that just being in college that the people I associate myself with have never in their lives been exposed to the level of ignorance and stupidity I grew up with in my old high school.
(I really dropped the shields with that one.. fire away, boys :cool
So I wouldn't be surprised that 11% of Americans couldn't spot the USA on a map. There are some remarkably ignorant people in this world... and in all likelihood, they couldn't spot it on a map because they've never SEEN a map of the world as a whole. I remember when I was little, I confused North America with America, and thought that the world map looked a little funky... what I thought was Maine was actually eastern Canada. Well, I figured out my mistake like three weeks ago, so I can understand why people have a problem. 
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