non-hetero Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/upside-down-flag.JPG'> http://www.cnn.com/2002/EDUCATION/11/20/ge...quiz/index.html WHERE IN THE WORLD Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps: 87 percent cannot find Iraq 83 percent cannot find Afghanistan 76 percent cannot find Saudi Arabia 70 percent cannot find New Jersey 49 percent cannot find New York 11 percent cannot find the United States Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mang Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 hhaha what the hell? (i'm posting in response to the statistics, not subject) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeRoSoL JuNkiE Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 you've got to be shitting me...11% can't find the U.S.? hahaha what the hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 :Palestenian Freedom Fighter: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Thats completely fucked up!!. Americans are stupid. I could find all those withought the fucking lines of the countries on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 I don't doubt it But statistics are like anything else, the story they really reveal is about the PERSON ASKING THE QUESTIONS, not the person answering them. Let's take that same list of questions and go to any European country and ask them. Of course, a certain number of people will fail to know the answers. Whether that's 11% or 15% or whatever. I'm surprised that people did as well as they did, considering how little effort most people put into school. The kids I work with can't tell you who the Governor of the State of Texas is, and virtually nothing about how their government works, but they know the name of every rapper, what label they record for, the name of their last three CD's and virtually all the words to all the songs. They can barely remember the Pledge of Allegiance, but they know all the esoteric gang signs, the Byzantine nonsense about what "number" is associated with their favorite gang, what colors which set uses, the history of the gang, etc., etc. You cannot convince me that the United States is lame just because a certain percentage of people deliberately ignore all attempts to educate them and make them part of the larger society. People who deliberately choose to be alienated can expect to be left behind educationally, economically, politically and socially. It is NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIETY to shore you up. It is exactly the opposite. It is YOUR responsibility to learn, participate and produce. If one chooses to refuse, so be it. Don't whine about being left out and ignored. When I was in the Marines, the first few days of Boot Camp, the troop handlers identified a certain number of recruits who could not read or write well enough to be a rifleman in an infantry company. (Believe me, the educational level necessary is very low.) These individuals were "dropped" back to Academic Proficiency Platoon. Despite TWELVE YEARS of education, they still had refused to learn. But not in the Marine Corps. In APP, they got a high-school education, reading, writing, simple math (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and fractions), American history, civics and economics, in SIX WEEKS. Of course, they had a Drill Instructor screaming in both ears at top volume the whole time. It can be done. It's just most civilians are too pussy to make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahighlifdhl Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 (i'm posting in response to the statistics, not subject) :) thats because most americans are stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 40ozProphet Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Only a motherfucker sucker would read all that. It made my monocle fall out. Nap ownzorz, d00000d./// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 98% of the world cant read so whats your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 im tired of my country..canada here i come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.T Boy Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 ok if you cant find your own country on a map, you should be shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ctrl+alt+del Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 i blame iowa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusto-man Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 U S A ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Originally posted by T.T Boy ok if you cant find your own country on a map, you should be shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest old_woman Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Dirty_Gary said Palestinian Freedom Fighter Niggaz dont even know where Palestine is huh?? see, my type of cats can tell u where motherfuckin former countries been, at empires ans hit before that shit/ WHAT DID METHOD MAN SAY IN THAT LAST LINE? /???? pack a slingshot blow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest platapie Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 america is awesoem and im happy i live here. and if anyone dosent liek it they should move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dELiSs Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 errr what's iraq? yeah americans gooo!what i can't stand is "you gotta have a flag practically sticking out of your ass to be patriotic". flags shmag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeDot Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 google image search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest socrates Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 and we also have the highest encarciration rate of any 1st world country......see the connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseLokE1uno Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 APP? I dont think they do that anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyl one Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 If anyone is interested in knowing George Bush's process for deciding whether or not to bomb a country, here it is: First, he gets a map, and a dart, he throws the dart, then finds the country w/ the most oil closest to where the dart landed. Simple, easy, Bush-like. I should go to sleep. - Make love, not war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deznatori Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 American Pride it never dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodice_ripper Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 let's put it this way... I'm in a position to say I am Irish, an American or a European I tend to say I'm European Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SMUGGLER RSH Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Originally posted by old_woman Dirty_Gary said Palestinian Freedom Fighter Niggaz dont even know where Palestine is huh?? see, my type of cats can tell u where motherfuckin former countries been, at empires ans hit before that shit/ WHAT DID METHOD MAN SAY IN THAT LAST LINE? /???? pack a slingshot blow! Old_Bitch.............You need to practice spelling and grammer. You have the equivalent of a 2nd Grade writing level if your lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sneak Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Originally posted by T.T Boy ok if you cant find your own country on a map, you should be shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SMUGGLER RSH Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 In New Zealand they did a similar study with young people from 15 to about 25. They found that 80% or so couldn`t place New Zealand on a map. With 5% thinking that England was New Zealand......I mean come one shit it isn`t hard there is only one country that is larger near you [Australia] and shit it isnt hard to find that...........Fricking look at the map instead of just listening to what the teacher says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dignan Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest sneak Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Originally posted by fr8oholic http://www.mine.be/nl/fotofollies/img/tits.jpg'> hohohehehaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 eseLokE1uno The reason the Marine Corps doesn't have Academic Proficiency Platoon anymore is that they don't recruit illiterate kids any more. Today, to get in the Corps you must have either a high school diploma (and better than a "C" average) or 20 semester hours of college. In 1976, when I enlisted, they were hard up for recruits, and they were taking anybody who could sign his name and raise his hand up to swear in. Fat, skinny, dumb and smart, sick, lame, lazy, blind, crippled or crazy. They weeded out the complete fuck-ups in Boot Camp, and the rest of us they made into Marines. I was no prize myself, and under today's rules I would probably not make the grade. But, I turned out to be a pretty good Marine. I am grateful for everything they did for me, and I would still be a screw-up, probably, if I had not joined the Marine Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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