I know, I know. This is kinda depressing.

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  1. Hopefulwishes Traverse Town Homebody

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    News Flash
    How geographically literate are YOU?!!
    It's been tested that many kids in America don't know much about the world around them. On average, about 60% of the kids in America don't even know where Iraq is!!! (Where the most recent war was held.)
    It makes me sad to know this. Please, learn about the world around you.
     
  2. Finale Wannabe Nobody

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    ...my god...i don't know where iraq is...TO GOOGLE.


    its around west asia right?
     
  3. Hopefulwishes Traverse Town Homebody

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    Yep. Near Israel.
    And I think Pakistan. Don't look it up on google! Read a map! (maps will help you more than google will.)
     
  4. Panda Face Gummi Ship Junkie

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    it IS sad....... :( but i DO know where that is.... is gilligans island real?? NO, ITS NOT.
     
  5. Hopefulwishes Traverse Town Homebody

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    Well,....at least you know that much. But you must learn about the cultures around you! The world is like a work of Van Gou; Creative, different, and wonderful.
     
  6. Panda Face Gummi Ship Junkie

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    no sh-it sherlock. x3
     
  7. Fayt-Harkwind Where yo curly mustache at?

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    Thats no big shock
     
  8. MadDoctorMaddie I'm a doctor, not a custom title!

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    That makes me so glad I had a map in my room when I grew up... Not that I'm any kind of a geographical genius, though.
     
  9. Hopefulwishes Traverse Town Homebody

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    That's what YOU think. The number's are sad, to say the least.
     
  10. Panda Face Gummi Ship Junkie

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    well, its the way kids are taught in general... dont you think geography should be a bigger part in the schools lessons???
     
  11. Fayt-Harkwind Where yo curly mustache at?

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    Ofcourse thats what I think, it's also what most of the world thinks and knows
     
  12. MadDoctorMaddie I'm a doctor, not a custom title!

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    I agree with Fayt, I've known about this for several years now.
     
  13. Firefly Hollow Bastion Committee

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    I wonder how America compares to different countries, though...
    I live in Australia, but do we know enough about the world around us? I think we do? But why would people in America be less educated about the world? And hopefully this lack of world knowledge isn't having negative effects on the country, or other countries.
    I suppose it's just something where it really varies between people, or areas in America, and of course it only applies to a number of Americans, but still, it does seem sorta serious...
     
  14. Panda Face Gummi Ship Junkie

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    it IS serious, AND it does have an effect in "the real world"... if you send a kid who didnt know his geography or anything about the world to the Phillipines, he wouldn't know to be prepared for the flood season! GEOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT!
     
  15. Hopefulwishes Traverse Town Homebody

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    I agree completly.
    Well, of course they do. Amerca has trained their children to be...quite frankly, stupid.

    Again, I COMPLETELY agrre.
     
  16. Panda Face Gummi Ship Junkie

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    ummm...agree
     
  17. Styx That's me inside your head.

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    I'm doing fine. No expert in geography but I believe I know the world well enough.
    I'll manage.
     
  18. Panda Face Gummi Ship Junkie

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    yes, but your only 40% of america, the other 60% are clueless.
     
  19. Hopefulwishes Traverse Town Homebody

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    Yeah. Me & iFishy have the same outlook.
     
  20. Panda Face Gummi Ship Junkie

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    agreed. its so crazy how stupid america is growing to be...