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re: People can’t name countries on a world map
Posted on 7/14/18 at 12:30 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/14/18 at 12:30 pm to DavidTheGnome
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I agree that most lack adequate geography and history knowdlege. The excuse is why do I need to know this? Well why do you need to know anything, being a well rounded person improves youmas a whole.
I bet the same idiots that cannot place the countries on a map CAN name and place the tattoo's on celebs like Bieber and the Kartrashcans.
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Posted on 7/14/18 at 12:30 pm to 1BamaRTR
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There are too many Americans that can’t label all 50 US states much less countries of the world.
Most Americans couldn't label 20 states, I'll bet.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:00 pm to lsudave1
North America consists of Canuckleheads, Mexicans and the United Morons of America
Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:04 pm to tss22h8
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Can you name the countries of the world? There's 197 of 'em!
First attempt, I only got 94 countries and I was rated below average. Sporcle people are serious about their games...
Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:09 pm to PrideofTheSEC
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Knew a girl that thought Abraham Lincoln was president in the 1900s.
When I was in Iraq the chaplain offered a tour of the home of Abraham. A guy in my platoon raised his hand and asked "Abraham Lincoln?".
Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:11 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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First attempt, I only got 94 countries and I was rated below average. Sporcle people are serious about their games...
I only got 85. Should have been 87 but it wouldn't give me Colombia because my southern arse was spelling it Columbia. Also couldn't get Leichtenstein spelled right.
In my defense, half of these country names are totally different than what we learned in school during the cold war. I think I did pretty good.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:31 pm to deeprig9
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I only got 85. Should have been 87 but it wouldn't give me Colombia because my southern arse was spelling it Columbia. Also couldn't get Leichtenstein spelled right.
In my defense, half of these country names are totally different than what we learned in school during the cold war. I think I did pretty good.
Same, I attempted to enter many spellings for Liechtenstein and couldn't get it right.
I also remembered Georgia, and then forgot to type it in. I typed in Burma and it gave me credit for Myanmar, so it was somewhat forgiving.Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:34 pm to lsudave1
Most of those people questioned were ignorant liberals.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:35 pm to lsudave1
Jimmy Kimmel can eat a bag of dicks.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:39 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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First attempt, I only got 94 countries and I was rated below average. Sporcle people are serious about their games...
I got 114 and was rated "average." Most of what I missed was the fricking Pacific and Caribbean Islands and Africa. People are apparently crushing that test.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 1:43 pm to ChewyDante
You have to remember many people are taking this quizzes multiple times which are why the scores are higher.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 2:44 pm to beerJeep
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We've been at war in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years and bin Laden was killed in Pakistan (
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Yeah. Completely forgot about those two. Know where those two are. I was more talking about the former Soviet Union Stans. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, etc
Kyzygstan, Kazakhstan...
Posted on 7/14/18 at 2:57 pm to PrideofTheSEC
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Knew a girl that thought Abraham Lincoln was president in the 1900s.
I've had plenty of black students who thought that MLK freed the slaves.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 2:59 pm to lsudave1
You actually think that is real? And you are questioning the intelligence of others? And you're an educator?
Damn, our country is fricked.
Damn, our country is fricked.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 3:07 pm to lsudave1
You aren’t very smart yourself if you’re just realizing the bubble America is known to live in compared to other country’s awareness of ourselves and others.
That said, who gives a frick? It’s like asking to recall all the state capitals. I don’t think I could
That said, who gives a frick? It’s like asking to recall all the state capitals. I don’t think I could
Posted on 7/14/18 at 3:11 pm to TorchtheFlyingTiger
They take it on faith we are there for good reasons.
Wave flag.
We are there for 20 years.
Weird.
Wave flag.
We are there for 20 years.
Weird.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 3:17 pm to beerJeep
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I was more talking about the former Soviet Union Stans. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, etc
All the Stans you forgot have tons of hot women.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 6:37 pm to lsudave1
I see lots of comments along the lines of, It doesn't effect me, so I don't give a frick.
I think previous generations put a lot of value on knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Many of today's generation would rather google it than learn it or retain it. The problem I see with that approach is that many everyday decisions are made by drawing on the database of retained knowledge a person has accumulated in their lives. You may or may not have the time or means to google it before having to make that decision. So while the internet may be getting smarter, people are getting dumber.
I think previous generations put a lot of value on knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Many of today's generation would rather google it than learn it or retain it. The problem I see with that approach is that many everyday decisions are made by drawing on the database of retained knowledge a person has accumulated in their lives. You may or may not have the time or means to google it before having to make that decision. So while the internet may be getting smarter, people are getting dumber.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 6:51 pm to lsudave1
People never could.
Most of Africa are different names from when you first looked at a map.
Where's Guyana?
Is inner Mongolia further south than Manchuria?
Is Aruba closer to Venezuela or to Trinidad, or Tobago?
Most of Africa are different names from when you first looked at a map.
Where's Guyana?
Is inner Mongolia further south than Manchuria?
Is Aruba closer to Venezuela or to Trinidad, or Tobago?
This post was edited on 7/14/18 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 7/14/18 at 7:29 pm to dcrews
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Why do teachers always get the blame? Some kids just don't care to learn or retain information they learn in school.
Its not the teachers, its the entire American education system along with a culture that doesn't value knowledge. Public libraries are empty and the humanities educators have become the part time job of high school athletic coaches. Standards have been lowered to increase the quantity of high school and college graduates, but the quality has suffered.
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