Help the Iraq: Why 20% of Americans Can’t Locate the U.S. on a World Map

August 26th, 2007

You have no chance to survive, make your time: helptheiraq.ytmnd.com

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2 Responses to “Help the Iraq: Why 20% of Americans Can’t Locate the U.S. on a World Map”

  1. montysano says:
    August 27, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    Damn. There goes that State Dept. career that Miss South Carolina was dreaming of…

    I had an 8th grade Geography teacher who was universally despised because he required everyone to be able to name the capitols of every country in the world, and point to the country on a map. He was a hardass, and if you couldn’t do it, you flunked. I ran into him recently and told him what a huge favor he’d done for me by requiring that.

    What a craven, slovenly, ignorant country we’ve become. Couple those traits with a huge corporate/military machine, and nothing good can come of it. We’ve earned whatever Fate has in store for us.

  2. sharon says:
    August 28, 2007 at 1:23 pm

    Here’s an idea:

    When I was in school, every classroom was equipped with a set of large, pull-down maps, which were mounted at the front of the room.

    Every classroom should have such a set of maps.

    When I taught English, I used to wish for maps like these almost every day.

    It would be helpful, too, if the news media would provide maps to supplement news stories about particular regions. The maps of many regions have been re-drawn since I was in school, and, I can tell you, my notions about where Gambia is located are somewhat unclear.

    How many people could tell you where Barbados is? Or the Galapagos?

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