So, apparently only one sixth of Americans know where Ukraine is on a map. This is according to a survey in which 2066 Americans participated. Some people thought that Ukraine was in Greenland, Australia, Chad, or even in the US. Older people(65+) knew where it was with a 14% probability. Fortunately, the staggering amount of 27% of those who were 18-24 knew, where Ukraine was on a map! So, this should indicate that there is some hope.
The shocking part of this news is that those, who did not know where Ukraine is were more likely to call for a military intervention.
So, what is your opinion? Should we ( or Americans, specifically, in this case) teach more geography in school?
This is shocking, I think. On the other hand, I'm better at maps than the average -- according to a test, hehehe. I think people should learn more about the basics of geography, for example in an Oprah show or something. Schools seem to be a little lazy to teach geography. I don't think it's that difficult to teach the essential basics, is it?
However, if we would go by an economic cost-efficiency analysis then teaching geography wouldn't be worth it. Politically speaking, we would have to teach geography, assuming that one wants the democracy to work.
Did I miss something that might feed the rage of our fellow mods? This is my first topic, so I might have missed something.
British sauce:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-26943479
Other sauce: http://www.politicalviolenceataglance.org/2014/04/08/geographical-ignorance-and-americans-views-on-ukraine/
Other sauce:http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/04/lets-invade-ukraine-soon-we-can-figure-out-where-it