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by Hochste Kaiserreich » Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:20 pm
by Geilinor » Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:21 pm
Hochste Kaiserreich wrote:I have always wondered how so many people can be so ignorant of the world around them. It's the freaking planet you live on, how could you not know how to locate basic nations essential to it's history, or know that history?
by Blakk Metal » Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:23 pm
by Sdaeriji » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:09 am
Benuty wrote:Too small a sample size to be fair.
by Lemanrussland » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:13 am
Blakk Metal wrote:I looked at the map, and most of the false answers are in the general area.
by Murkwood » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:14 am
Degenerate Heart of HetRio wrote:Murkwood, I'm surprised you're not an anti-Semite and don't mind most LGBT rights because boy, aren't you a constellation of the worst opinions to have about everything? o_o
Benuty wrote:I suppose Ken Ham, and the league of Republican-Neocolonialist-Zionist Catholics will not be pleased.
Soldati senza confini wrote:Did I just try to rationalize Murkwood's logic? Please shoot me.
by Lyttenburgh » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:26 am
by Breadknife » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:55 am
by Viritica » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:30 am
by United Marxist Nations » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:45 am
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by United Marxist Nations » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:46 am
The Kievan People wrote: United Marxist Nations: A prayer for every soul, a plan for every economy and a waifu for every man. Solid.
St. John Chrysostom wrote:A comprehended God is no God.
by Darwinish Brentsylvania » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:42 am
Kiruri wrote:Shocker! Americans suck at geography I don't think this is anything new. Yes, obviously Americans need to pump up their social studies / history / geography curriculum
by The Sotoan Union » Thu Apr 10, 2014 3:33 pm
by Lemanrussland » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:20 pm
by Lemanrussland » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:23 pm
The Sotoan Union wrote:I feel like geography is like math. Most students are well versed in it but they forget as adults. I mean how many jobs would require it. School is weird because it tries to teach us all different subjects, and we just forget the ones that we don't use in our jobs.
by Marcurix » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:42 pm
by Marcurix » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:45 pm
by Spartan Philidelphia » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:51 pm
by Shofercia » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:05 pm
Fionnuala_Saoirse wrote:Alyakia wrote:
while there are few people that can pinpoint literally every country ever it demonstrates a very large lack of understanding of the world if you're struggling to find the places you invaded
can you seriously tell you'd take someone on the other side of the world who doesn't even know what an ireland looks like seriously if they started rattling their mouth?
Well obviously I whip out a map and ask them to pinpoint it to determine whether they're idiots....
Nah just kidding. If they understand the players involved and the factors involved their ability to point at a globe and shout "that one" really means fuck all.
Magna Libero wrote: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.
Kratu wrote:United Marxist Nations wrote:No, geography is really easy; even someone with a basic understanding of geography should be able to know that Ukraine is in Eastern Europe. Hell, just from the news reports, they should know that it borders Russia, and that really narrows it down.
But that requires them to know where Russia is.
Geilinor wrote:Hochste Kaiserreich wrote:I have always wondered how so many people can be so ignorant of the world around them. It's the freaking planet you live on, how could you not know how to locate basic nations essential to it's history, or know that history?
The problem is apathy to history and poor education.
Murkwood wrote:As someone who can name about 180 out of 196 countries, this result is really saddening. It shows how little the US education system puts on geography. Then again, it's not just the US. I bet that most Japanese or French kids couldn't find it either.
Spartan Philidelphia wrote:Geography is certainly an important subject, and I'd love for Americans to know more about other countries, but one shouldn't really expect Americans to learn these things on their own.
by -The Trade Federation- » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:27 pm
by United Earthlings » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:11 pm
by Geilinor » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:04 pm
-The Trade Federation- wrote:Since America gained independance, they constantly think about "merging with Canada".
by Margno » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:57 pm
by Lemanrussland » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:58 pm
Margno wrote:2000 people seems like too few to extrapolate to a country of 300 million. Isn't it?
by Olivaero » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:21 pm
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