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- DaveTheMiller
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- DaveTheMiller
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My question to you though PaulH is if I gave you a map of the world that was had no country names written on it, would you be able to find Iraq?
It's easy when the map has details, we know roughly the region and the word IRAQ screaming out at us makes it easier to find.
But on a blank outline only map, it becomes more difficult.
Although I must say I think I'd be able to find the US and the UK.
It's easy when the map has details, we know roughly the region and the word IRAQ screaming out at us makes it easier to find.
But on a blank outline only map, it becomes more difficult.
Although I must say I think I'd be able to find the US and the UK.
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It's bad enough if plain ol' American citizens don't know some basic geography, but I saw something on a TV show which was rather dire - it's a satirical news panel game called "Have I Got News For You?" where the presenter of two teams of two are asked questions (and make fun of) recent news and famous people. One of the guests on it once was a girl called Charlotte Church. JFYI, she's from Wales and came to great fame at about age 13 because of her fabulous singing voice. She's met loads fo world leaders and stuff, and the Queen, blah blah.
Anyway, she said she met George Bush at some conference or something and he asked where she was from. She told him she was from Wales and he asked which state it was in. At that point she came up with some excuse to bog off and speak to/do something else .
Anyway, she said she met George Bush at some conference or something and he asked where she was from. She told him she was from Wales and he asked which state it was in. At that point she came up with some excuse to bog off and speak to/do something else .
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What you guys say about the general stupidy/ignorance of Americans is painfully true. I don't know the statistics, but I've heard 1/3 of high school graduates can't read. I don't mean can't read Encyclopaedia Britannica. . . I mean can't read the newspaper. There used to be commercials proclaiming that the quality of American education was 16th in the world. Probably lower now.
It's hard to swallow these things, especially when you live here, and since we used to have the greatest ecnomic and military backbone on the planet until about two decades ago. Here's a quote I memorized because it exemplifies the American Condition:
"Mathematics are one of the fundamentaries of educationalizing our youths."
That's from the present administration. For real. There are four made-up words in that sentence, aside from the bad grammar. Dubya cut educational funding in his first term. I guess he wants everyone else to be as stupid as he is. Unfortunately, we've had this problem for a long time, long before the Bush imperium. I think it began sometime during the Vietnam "war."
Where I live is even worse. I'm smack in the middle of the industrial capitol of the U.S. Our city has factories and trainyards, and not much else. The employment opportunities here are substantial if you want a dead-end job. I don't really fit in. Nevertheless, it's home. It would be hard for me to move.
Regarding weather conditions in Texas, I can relate. I was only in San Antonio for five weeks, but I saw just about every type of weather you can imagine.
It's hard to swallow these things, especially when you live here, and since we used to have the greatest ecnomic and military backbone on the planet until about two decades ago. Here's a quote I memorized because it exemplifies the American Condition:
"Mathematics are one of the fundamentaries of educationalizing our youths."
That's from the present administration. For real. There are four made-up words in that sentence, aside from the bad grammar. Dubya cut educational funding in his first term. I guess he wants everyone else to be as stupid as he is. Unfortunately, we've had this problem for a long time, long before the Bush imperium. I think it began sometime during the Vietnam "war."
Where I live is even worse. I'm smack in the middle of the industrial capitol of the U.S. Our city has factories and trainyards, and not much else. The employment opportunities here are substantial if you want a dead-end job. I don't really fit in. Nevertheless, it's home. It would be hard for me to move.
Regarding weather conditions in Texas, I can relate. I was only in San Antonio for five weeks, but I saw just about every type of weather you can imagine.
A lot of what you say is echoed in this excellent article comparing the USA with the EU...
http://www.utne.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.disp ... y.id=11349
http://www.utne.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.disp ... y.id=11349