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Old 11-20-2002, 04:32 PM   #1
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87% of 18-24 year old Americans have trouble finding Iraq on a map.

This is truly sad
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Old 11-20-2002, 04:33 PM   #2
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What about the 11% cannot find the United States.. Now that is something.
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Old 11-20-2002, 04:37 PM   #3
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This is even worse though:
Only 71 percent of the surveyed Americans could locate on the map the Pacific Ocean, the world's largest body of water. Worldwide, three in 10 of those surveyed could not correctly locate the Pacific Ocean.
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Old 11-20-2002, 05:00 PM   #4
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Come on though, all those sandy countries look the same. And arent all the oceans connected, wouldn't that make them all one?
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Old 11-20-2002, 05:02 PM   #5
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I’d be careful of believing those sorts of polls, I reckon most of them are just to fill space.

But as for Uneducated Americans, What really annoy me is those people, who say George Bush Is Dumb and Stupid (and I know a lot of those), now I may not agree with his policies,
But IIRC he has a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and last I heard you didn’t get those by being stupid.
He have must have had some degree of intelligence to get that and where he is today, even if it was only doing what he was told.
 
Old 11-20-2002, 05:03 PM   #6
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How much do you study geography in american schools? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 11-20-2002, 05:04 PM   #7
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I've studied geography for ten years, and it's my major in college now too. This is really sickening.
 
Old 11-20-2002, 05:12 PM   #8
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I don't know if I could find Iraq on a map... I could point out where it was in general, but I've had nothing higher than Gr9 geography, and that is just Geography of Canada. However, the 11% that can't find the U.S. on a map are REALLY bad. These articles always make things seem worse than they really are, though.
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Old 11-20-2002, 05:13 PM   #9
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Give me a break people do you honestly believe that someone couldnt' point out where the Pacific ocean is? We learn that in what the 3rd grade???
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Old 11-20-2002, 05:14 PM   #10
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Originally posted by Arledrian:
I've studied geography for ten years, and it's my major in college now too. This is really sickening.
Well,I mostly ment elementary schools (or whatever they are)and junior high.
But you caused me to stunn for a while
TEN YEARS!!!!! You must be REALLY devoted...
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