isadorah Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 i'm surprised no one else has posted this yet (didn't find it when i did a search): Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I think it was linked to in a couple of posts, but it has not had its own thread, which it deserves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 ... he's hanging out in the abortion thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marijn Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 http://www.blennus.com/index.php?option=co...718&Itemid= Come on you Americans! You can do better than this! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 As soon as I saw this was a YouTube link i knew I would be squirming in the empathic embarassment seat. I could only watch a few seconds before the discomfort became so intense I had to shut it down. Oy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 he's hanging out in the abortion thread ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I think they call that Bush-speak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 WTF?!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I'm always skeptical of those statistics. Where are these people? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 I'm always skeptical of those statistics. Where are these people? i think one of them was standing on the stage "answering" the question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 She was asked again and actually put together a sentence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I am 1.678 out of 5. I can still place the US on the map. I am just 1.678 out of 5. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Was that AC Slater from Saved By The Bell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I'm of the belief you should not only be able to locate the entire country on a map, but correctly place the location of every damn state. I shudder to think how poorly Americans would do at locating any other country but their own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 not only couldn't I place every state but if any one ever tried to teach me that or get to pay attention long enough to memorize that I'd surely have walked out of the classroom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I should have stated the disclaimer that I have the geography gene. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I love studying maps ... it's a bit of an obsession. I've been staring at U.S. maps for too long ... need to move up to a world atlas, because I'm still a bit shaky on identifying the various countries of Africa. Elsewhere, I'm pretty good (though there are those damn former Soviet republics ... can't keep a few of them straight). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 She was asked again and actually put together a sentence. "Well personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our map. I don't know anyone else who doesn't. And if the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography." although it still wasn't much of a sentence. this makes pageant girls look bad. it goes beyond the geography lesson, it almost panders to that whole isolationist dumb american stereo type why the world hates us sorta thing. oh wait, did that start to sound like how she answered the question.?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 this makes pageant girls look bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Was that AC Slater from Saved By The Bell? Indeed...not looking as hot as usual, tho Maybe it was that green shirt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Oh, America you're so silly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 As soon as I saw this was a YouTube link i knew I would be squirming in the empathic embarassment seat. I could only watch a few seconds before the discomfort became so intense I had to shut it down. Oy.Worst case of nerves ever.. She was asked again and actually put together a sentence.Actually when she heard the question and had time to think about it (in retrospect of course) she was very articulate. I'm of the belief you should not only be able to locate the entire country on a map, but correctly place the location of every damn state. I shudder to think how poorly Americans would do at locating any other country but their own.Americans can be really dumb. I can name all states too....it really isn't that hard. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 didn't we have that thing from a few years or so ago where you had to place the state in the right location? it was an online thing? That was fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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