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Offline Rictor

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on: September 05, 2004, 09:59:25 am
 

Offline Tiara

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Reply #1 on: September 05, 2004, 02:59:26 pm
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85 Percentage of American young adults who cannot find Afghanistan, Iraq, or Israel on a map.

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Offline Janos

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Reply #2 on: September 05, 2004, 03:16:50 pm
Smooooooth.
lol wtf
 

Offline Kosh

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Reply #3 on: September 05, 2004, 03:17:55 pm
10% of american young adults don't even know where the US is on a map (more mexicans know that). 25% don't know where Russia is on a map.
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Offline Gloriano

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Reply #4 on: September 05, 2004, 03:18:29 pm
85%?... wierd :lol:
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Reply #5 on: September 05, 2004, 03:23:28 pm
And I thought education here was bad... :nervous:

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4 Rank of the United States among countries considered to be the greatest threats to world peace according to a 2003 Pew Global Attitudes study (Israel, Iran, and North Korea were considered more dangerous; Iraq was considered less dangerous).


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30 Percentage of American young adults who cannot find the Pacific Ocean on a map.


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Reply #6 on: September 05, 2004, 03:29:23 pm
want to know somethin' scary ?

most Americans believed the September 11th hijackers included Iraqis. Bush didn't even haved to say it. He didn't need to.
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #7 on: September 05, 2004, 03:39:09 pm
That's american paranoia for you. I'm not suprised at all.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline magatsu1

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Reply #8 on: September 05, 2004, 03:44:40 pm
ofcourse, that's exactly what Bush wants.
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Reply #9 on: September 05, 2004, 03:45:32 pm
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Reply #10 on: September 05, 2004, 03:50:14 pm
Where exactly did they get the "american youth cannont find on map" stuff?

Hell...I (and every other student who lives there) had to draw an label every country in Europe and Asia and all but one or two did it perfectly...(and that was in the 6th grade mind you).

I talk to my friends about 9/11 all the time...everybody I've talked to is convinced that Al Quaeda did it.  Imagine that.

They need to show me a group of 100 Young Americans, and prove to me that 85 of them cannot find Iraq, and 20 of them cannot find the Pacific Ocean.  Unless of course "youth" means 7 year olds...:rolleyes:

EDIT: Not defending our education system though...:D
 

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Reply #11 on: September 05, 2004, 03:54:56 pm
As young adults I assume they mean someone in their 20s or early 20s
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Reply #12 on: September 05, 2004, 04:09:30 pm
more like 13 to 18...
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Reply #13 on: September 05, 2004, 04:10:03 pm
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lol wtf
 

Offline Tiara

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Reply #14 on: September 05, 2004, 04:18:11 pm
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Originally posted by jdjtcagle
more like 13 to 18...

If a 15+ year old student in my class can't pin-point Afghanistan, Iraq, or Israel on a map, they're in for more then a few extra 'study' hours. That stuff should be general knowledge by then.

13/14... I can see that. And even then they should have a general sense of direction.

Hell, at age 10 to 12 we get to learn the entire globe from America to Asia and back. *remembers the horrors of learning to place Afganistan, Pakistan, Hornoliostan, Bungholestan & Whateverstan in the right place* But those things are supposed to be ironed out in elementry school.
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Reply #15 on: September 05, 2004, 04:26:07 pm
In my experience they ARE ironed out in elementary school, and if not, they are ironed out very early in middle school.
 

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Reply #16 on: September 05, 2004, 04:27:41 pm
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Originally posted by Tiara

If a 15+ year old student in my class can't pin-point Afghanistan, Iraq, or Israel on a map, they're in for more then a few extra 'study' hours. That stuff should be general knowledge by then.

13/14... I can see that. And even then they should have a general sense of direction.

Hell, at age 10 to 12 we get to learn the entire globe from America to Asia and back. *remembers the horrors of learning to place Afganistan, Pakistan, Hornoliostan, Bungholestan & Whateverstan in the right place* But those things are supposed to be ironed out in elementry school.


Why was that pointed at me?

BTW, nost of classmates can most certainly tell where afghanastan SP? and Iraq...
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Reply #17 on: September 05, 2004, 04:30:31 pm
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Originally posted by jdjtcagle


Why was that pointed at me?


we know you hate bungholestan and freedom :mad:
lol wtf
  

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Reply #18 on: September 05, 2004, 04:31:42 pm
There is no bungholestan and freedom is an illusion..
:ha:
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Reply #19 on: September 05, 2004, 04:34:32 pm
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Originally posted by jdjtcagle
There is no bungholestan and freedom is an illusion..
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why the hate
lol wtf
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