Young Americans shaky on geographic smarts

[almaty 19]

they are chopf##ks..but they can tell you all about the latest xbox game

they should make a game Grand Theft Country.......we'd be the epicenter of geographic knowledge in no time.

Yeah. You could kill hookers globally. cool.

I think we're onto something here.......killing American hookers gets old.

I'd like to carjack a cab in Peru that threatened me into giving them $60. Sweet virtual revenge.

great idea and kill a few folks in ecuador

[mercuryroad 0]

they are chopf##ks..but they can tell you all about the latest xbox game

they should make a game Grand Theft Country.......we'd be the epicenter of geographic knowledge in no time.

Yeah. You could kill hookers globally. cool.

I think we're onto something here.......killing American hookers gets old.

I'd like to carjack a cab in Peru that threatened me into giving them $60. Sweet virtual revenge.

great idea and kill a few folks in ecuador

have some fun in Brazil.......

[almaty 19]

pick up some hookers in paraguay

[mercuryroad 0]

pick up some hookers in paraguay

a little tango in Buenos Aires

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

pick up some hookers in paraguay

a little tango in Buenos Aires

then kill a pilot and fly to Europe to kill more hookers. We're on to something.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

they are chopf##ks..but they can tell you all about the latest xbox game

When I was little, my favorite computer game was "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" You can bet I knew where Mali was, and Zimbabwe and Djibouti.

Yeah, ok, so I was a geek.

[almaty 19]

they are chopf##ks..but they can tell you all about the latest xbox game

When I was little, my favorite computer game was "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" You can bet I knew where Mali was, and Zimbabwe and Djibouti.

Yeah, ok, so I was a geek.

i know where kazakhstan is

[mercuryroad 0]

pick up some hookers in paraguay

a little tango in Buenos Aires

then kill a pilot and fly to Europe to kill more hookers. We're on to something.

Then we will infiltrate Iran and take the nukes they're not making

[almaty 19]

pick up some hookers in paraguay

a little tango in Buenos Aires

then kill a pilot and fly to Europe to kill more hookers. We're on to something.

Then we will infiltrate Iran and take the nukes they're not making

and hide them in iraq and bush can announce he at last, found the missing wmds

[chri'stina 190]

I wonder though if this happens not only in the US, but everywhere in the world.

My husband is from India, he got a nice education, is very smart in math and logic but also does not know much about geography around the world. Neither do most of the people he knows. He had no clue what countries were in south america, or where & what central america was. I knew way more about geography than him, and have taught him some, but I still know way more than he and his family does. He knows a lot more of math than I do though. I don't think it's only Americans who don't know where stuff is. I think it just matters what is getting taught as more important. For Sujeet, it was not geography that mattered. Sure everyone should atleast learn where most things are, I personally love geography, but some places don't put as much emphasis on it. That's why I don't think we should just be saying "not suprised.." more of, well in how many other countries around the world are similar statistics?

Also in India they do know a lot of what is going on in the US, but every nation focuses more on themselves than on other nations. I think you can find the same kind of people in any country. Most of the Americans I know do in fact know a lot about what is going on in the world. I know that is not the case everywhere across America.

Edited May 2, 2006 by stina&suj

[Mirorgate 0]

great idea and kill a few folks in ecuador

wha...? oh I know of 1 person, but other than that... mmm as long as their not family.. m'kay??

dont forget the FSUS.. i mean.. they gots all kinda hookers there.. and taiwan, phillipines too... highest score for fastest kills. gank a car.. and run ppl down like DeathRace 2000. Now how can you forget that performance by Stallone?

[rclouse 0]

In other news, the sky is blue and water is wet. Full report at 11.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

pick up some hookers in paraguay

a little tango in Buenos Aires

then kill a pilot and fly to Europe to kill more hookers. We're on to something.

Then we will infiltrate Iran and take the nukes they're not making

and hide them in iraq and bush can announce he at last, found the missing wmds

I like. It's quite a game so far.

[Jasman0717 9]

not surprising one bit..........

[Jaylen Brit 0]

Some of those questions I dont think Id have know and Ive seen more countries in person than most people, lol

most heavily fortified border? No idea - I'd have guessed somewhere in Russia probably.

India ok yeah that I could find, ive actually BEEN there, lol.

Find Iraq or Israel? Not sure I could be 100% accurate, tho I'd probably get the right area...

Most common native tongue - Id have gone for Chinese - but native to WHERE exactly? The World? Or did they think it meant 'native to the US?' Depends how the question was phrased I feel.

Pakistan Earthquake..hmm..I think I'd have got that one wrong..

I'd have trouble pinpointing some counties that are far from London - I doubt that's uncommon - and its not just a US problem.