I Kid You Not - Geographic Illiteracy

Not that this has anything to do with Geography, but a couple of years ago I was at the WW2 museum and a college aged scholar expressed his surprise to learn we dropped an atomic weapon against the Japanese. I looked at him with disgust and walked to the next exhibit.

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By the way, what you all know but most people don't know, unlike the African American community with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community

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- Biden 2020

To be fair, I normally fail the North and South Dakota quiz.

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Yeah nothing like the smell of a fresh crime wave in the air.

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I do love the smell of riot in the mornings.

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Geography is on of those humanities courses that people love to hate on.

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I've yet to see anyone say this.

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It’s think it’s good that colleges require electives to mold people into well-rounded individuals, not just churn out specialists who can write algorithms in their sleep.

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I don't think Geography classes are the ones those with common sense think are an "issue".

It is fun, however, to watch the left fall all over themselves to continue to dumb down the populace. This whole 2+2=5 thing and the "math is racist" talk we are seeing is glorious.

Can't wait until Math, like Geography, is replaced with gender studies requirements because "isms".

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Geographic illiteracy is something that I'll never understand. I've always been interested in knowing exactly where I am on the globe. Some people can't point to you which direction west is if you tell them where north is. It's weird.

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Simpatico.

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“I haven’t reviewed my States recently. Why is that again?”

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You can bet your arse he's a democrat voter.

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I don't blame the teachers for shite like that.

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no there are some good teachers


But their unions have cemented in mediocrity and poor performance, despite soaring dollars per pupil ratios.

When a system is broken one of the best ways to find solutions is competition. But once again, the unions shut down charter schools, vouchers, and school choice.

My mom nicknamed one of my uncle's girlfriends "Vermont" because one time they took roadtrip vacation through New England and she asked what state Vermont was in.

Also, I met a girl from Wales once. I said or asked her something that indicated I knew a few things about her country. She was impressed and replied that a lot of Americans she met didn't even where Wales was located. Right on cue, the dude sitting next to her complimented her on speaking fluent English and complained that some foreigners move here and never bother to learn the language.