Indelibly hilarious? I know TWO. And I live in UTAH!!!!sanjuro said:
I feel lucky.
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I feel lucky.
Well, not exactly. Why don't you spell it out.sanjuro said:
Well, I stand corrected....sanjuro said:
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As one of these as well it doesn't surprise me this lack of spatial knowledge. Non-geography students in the college geography classes hadn't a clue about the States much less foreign countries.. It appeared to me that some of them would have a hard time finding their ass much less Albania..
"What's the capitol of New York?"PonySoldier said:
"New York City."
"Um no, what's the capitol of Florida?"
"Florida City."
"Um no, what's the capitol of Missouri?"
"Missouri City."
^^ 6th Grade geography brush up session before the test. Answers by the guy that sat next to me and basically copied off my test. I wrote down all wrong answers, he copied them real sly like
, then after he handed his test in, I erased every single on and put in the right ones. When we got our tests back, and he saw everyone of them wrong and everyone of mine right, he complained to the teacher that I should've gotten everyone of them wrong too cause our tests were identical....Yeah, that got him a one way trip to the principals office....ahhhh, good times, good times.
I'm appalled, not suprisedPonySoldier said:
You parents out there, tell your kid's schools you want them to know where Iran is! Or better yet take matters into your own hands and buy an atlas or two. When I was a kid I'd pour over our beat up Nat. Geo. world atlas, I think most kids would take an interest if that stuff is available.
If anyone is ever in the Portland, ME area I highly recommend going to Delorme's headquaters and seeing Eartha, the world's largest rotating globe. Its an engineering and cartographic masterpiece.:love:
There are people in my Asian Studies class who couldn't identify India, Tibet, China, etc. on one of the tests. Some people are just stupid enough to not give a ****. But, the teacher called them f@cking morons so it was worth it.SkaredShtles said:I distinctly remember in high school a girl who couldn't find China on a world map - I was astounded that she had no idea and still to this day remember...........
The state of geography knowledge is sad when european kids can name more states than you can. I've had no problem with geography because I'm a nerd and I loved maps when I was a kid, but for other kids our World Civilizations teacher made knowing the name and location of every country a big part of the class. I thought that was pretty cool. More teachers need to do that.
Haha, great stuff. The guys doing that interview are well-known sh*t stirrers. www.chaser.com.au
I love the direction this thread went.
I still find it funny that parts jumped on me without even watching the video....no worries mate.
I will say that our education system does a piss poor job of teaching students about geography and other countries. I still find the video hilarious!
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I still find it funny that parts jumped on me without even watching the video....no worries mate.
I will say that our education system does a piss poor job of teaching students about geography and other countries. I still find the video hilarious!
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Just remember two things- think of how dumb the average person (or American) is...half the people are dumber than that....scary, eh? Also, nobody thinks that they are the stupid one, so take a good look in the mirror.
I think that geography mostly just comes from learning history and getting general education. Memorizing a bunch of crap on maps is boring and doesn't stick anyway. The failure isn't in geographical education, it's much broader than that. Besides, "geography" is more than memorizing or knowing where stuff is. I would venture to say that most students of geography don't concentrate on that too much.
I think that geography mostly just comes from learning history and getting general education. Memorizing a bunch of crap on maps is boring and doesn't stick anyway. The failure isn't in geographical education, it's much broader than that. Besides, "geography" is more than memorizing or knowing where stuff is. I would venture to say that most students of geography don't concentrate on that too much.
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bah - you know it was good.chicodude said:
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I am the judges.chicodude said:
Technically, the kid is moar correct than the teacher. Both are correct, but it asked 5x3 not 3x5 and 4x6 not 6x4.
But stupid shit like this and Trail of Tears being erased because reasons, are the reason why we are getting dumbed down. That and Warning labels.
But stupid shit like this and Trail of Tears being erased because reasons, are the reason why we are getting dumbed down. That and Warning labels.
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Quit this necro-bump shit, man. 
Yes, sir, oh exalted commissar..Quit this necro-bump shit, man.
Is it not better than starting an entire new thread for the same thing?Quit this necro-bump shit, man.