"We should turn Iraq/Iran into a parking lot"

[Nartwak]

I am so surprised this isn't an Eddo thread. I really am. I mean with this thread title, I just figured...

Edited May 3, 2006 by Nartwak

[taks]

this is part of the reason i intend to homeschool my son.

 

taks

[Volourn]

Just because someone doesn't know where x country is doesn't mean they're stupid. It just means they didn't neccesarily care enough to find out or remember is all.

[thepixiesrock]

Just because someone doesn't know where x country is doesn't mean they're stupid. It just means they didn't neccesarily care enough to find out or remember is all.

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But they didn't know where the original CSI took place. They are morons.

 

Am I right fellas? I mean, am I right?

[deganawida]

Just because someone doesn't know where x country is doesn't mean they're stupid. It just means they didn't neccesarily care enough to find out or remember is all.

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But they didn't know where the original CSI took place. They are morons.

 

Am I right fellas? I mean, am I right?

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Um...Hollywood?

[Lucius]

That is actually not false, and I know it from experience of being around and, in fact, being A EUROPEAN. I don't know when you went to school, but it must have been over a hundred years ago, because geography is not centered around knowing countries and places at all. It's all about infrastructure and geology. Which, might I add, is much more useful information. On the off chance we need to have information on a country, we get an Atlas supplied.

 

In short, Europeans don't know major worldwide cities and countries, at least not in any form other than random trivia, simply because Europeans do not believe this to be of any value. And it isn't. I haven't seen a single geography schoolbook in my life that actually dealt with these things.

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And you really don't speak for the entire European continent, of which there are 'many' different nations with different school systems. How the hell do you know what they teach kids in Sweden? You haven't even (asaik) given any information as to your own location.

 

And FYI, I had a lot of geography in school and high school.

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[metadigital]

I don't know who they f-ing interviewed, but I know that me and my friends can name all the states on the map, and as far as major cities go, show the whereabouts of places like Tokyo, Paris, London, etc.

 

I'm guessing this was a mostly red states survey  "

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I'm guessing that those aged 18-24 show as much interest in broadcast news as my 19-year-old daughter:

Take Iraq, for example. Despite nearly constant news coverage since the war there began in 2003, 63 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 failed to correctly locate the country on a map of the Middle East. Seventy percent could not find Iran or Israel.

i.e. none.

 

Unless they accidentally overhear it before they can switch the pop radio channel to some other inane warbling teenager with a drum machine to help with yet-another cover of some old music.

 

This represents the worst type of media-science: flawed reasoning trying to lamely prop up a pre-determined conclusion. I wonder who the 500 people were that were surveyed ... and what the variance was ...

 

I don't know who they f-ing interviewed, but I know that me and my friends can name all the states on the map, and as far as major cities go, show the whereabouts of places like Tokyo, Paris, London, etc.

 

I'm guessing this was a mostly red states survey  "

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No, just experimentor expectations. The interviewers and reporters expect to find ignorance regarding world geography (as that is their beliefs), and so they look for situations where the circumstances are less than conducive to book-learnin'. They ignore or degrade results contrary to their expections, and instead focus and report on the results that support their hypothesis. Happens quite often; remember, good news doesn't sell or make headlines.

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Yep, that's called confirmation bias.

[thepixiesrock]

But they didn't know where the original CSI took place.

 

Surely this is disturbing and shocking to everyone.

 

 

SURELY!

[metadigital]

Viva Las Vegas, baby!

[thepixiesrock]

Just in case I have puzzled some of you, there was a link to take a few questions from the survey given to the students. One of the questions was, and I quote;

 

Which of these cities is the setting for the original television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation?

 

I rest my case.

 

 

I REST MY CASE.

[metadigital]

That's a difficult question, because there is (at least) three CSI shows now: New York, Miami and Las Vegas.

 

I rest on your rested briefs.

[Craigboy2]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20..._geography.html

 

Duh.

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Sweet, I know all of those.

[thepixiesrock]

My point being, with all sarcasm aside, that a question like that doesn't belong on a survey meant to test knowledge of geography, not popular television shows.

[metadigital]

Maybe they were trying to help the respondents, by giving them a tv geography question? "

[Craigboy2]

My point being, with all sarcasm aside, that a question like that doesn't belong on a survey meant to test knowledge of geography, not popular television shows.

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Well I did make 97 on my world map test and the rest of my class...cheated.

[thepixiesrock]

I don't care. At all. I wasn't even talking about you.

[metadigital]

It's a good thing you guys won't be able to find each other for a RL fight!

[Fenghuang]

I'd hate to break it to Americans but it's not like most Europeans could pinpoint New York or Washington or Chicago or Texas on a map either. It's called 'not giving a dingo'.

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But I can point out London, Berlin, and St. Petersburg.

[thepixiesrock]

I blame the schools.

 

And the students.

 

Also, the parents.

[Dark_Raven]

Finding places on a map or even knowing about them depends if you have an interest in them. Most Americans can't find things on a map unless they had an interest in geography.

[kumquatq3]

The need for the Frapper grows ever clearer

[Judge Hades]

I have no interest in Geography yet I know a good chunk where countries, capitals, even some off shoot small towns of other states and countries are at. I can point out on an unmark globe where Lima, Peru is at or where Victoria Falls is located at.

 

Its called having a proper grade school education.

[thepixiesrock]

It's called being a total nerd!

 

Am I right fellas? I mean, am I right?

[Judge Hades]

If getting a proper education is being a nerd then so be it.

[kumquatq3]

It's called being a total nerd!

 

Am I right fellas?  I mean, am I right?

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He is in Iowa, if you dreamed about leaving all day you would know the world better too.