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Edgewood
FooSlinger
Joined: Jan 28, 2004
Posts: 3906
Location: Colonial Shanghai
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Oct 03, 2005 - 04:52 PM |
 
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| In a nation called the world's superpower, only 17 percent of young adults in the United States could find Afghanistan on a map, according to a new worldwide survey released today. |
The young U.S. citizens received poor marks generally in geography. But then, as results showed, their counterparts in other countries were hardly star students.
The National Geographic¨CRoper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey polled more than 3,000 18- to 24-year-olds in Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and the United States.
Sweden scored highest; Mexico, lowest. The U.S. was next to last.
"The survey demonstrates the geographic illiteracy of the United States," said Robert Pastor, professor of International Relations at American University, in Washington, D.C. "The results are particularly appalling in light of September 11, which traumatized America and revealed that our destiny is connected to the rest of the world."
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| About 11 percent of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map. The Pacific Ocean's location was a mystery to 29 percent; Japan, to 58 percent; France, to 65 percent; and the United Kingdom, to 69 percent. |
Despite the threat of war in Iraq and the daily reports of suicide bombers in Israel, less than 15 percent of the young U.S. citizens could locate either country.
More young U.S. citizens in the study knew that the island featured in last season's TV show "Survivor" is in the South Pacific than could find Israel.
Particularly humiliating was that all countries were better able to identify the U.S. population than many young U.S. citizens. Within the U.S., almost one-third said that population was between one billion and two billion; the answer is 289 million.
"It gives the sense that there is this Americentric thing going on¡ªthat we are big and powerful and have all these people in our country," said John Fahey, President and CEO of the National Geographic Society.
On the other hand, Pastor suggests that the results could mean that most young Americans just have no idea of the total world population (about six billion).
Young adults worldwide are not markedly more literate about geography than the Americans.
On average, fewer than 25 percent of young people worldwide could locate Israel on the map. Only about 20 percent could identify hotspots like Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq.
Of all the young adults in the survey, only about one-third in Germany, Sweden and Japan, could name four countries that officially acknowledge having nuclear weapons. In the rest of the countries that number dropped to less than a quarter. In France 24 percent did not know that that their own country was a nuclear nation. |
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ShanghaiUnderground
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Joined: July 15, 2004
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Location: Shanghai
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Oct 03, 2005 - 08:26 PM |
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| "The survey demonstrates the geographic illiteracy of the United States," said Robert Pastor ... |
Or it demonstrates how extensive the problem of illegal immigration is from Mexico.
The last time I went thru US immigration (at LAX - Los Angeles International Airport), the agent greeted me in Spanish. And I'm a blond, blue-eyed devil. |
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"And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth." |
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Edgewood
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Joined: Jan 28, 2004
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Location: Colonial Shanghai
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Oct 03, 2005 - 08:36 PM |
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| The last time I went thru US immigration (at LAX - Los Angeles International Airport), the agent greeted me in Spanish. And I'm a blond, blue-eyed devil. |
...from Cuba. |
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keeyoung
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Joined: Oct 02, 2005
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Oct 06, 2005 - 07:29 PM |
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i embaraseed 2 b amercan, most to stoopid, mebe i mary chinese gurl get chinese passport |
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Edgewood
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Joined: Jan 28, 2004
Posts: 3906
Location: Colonial Shanghai
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Oct 06, 2005 - 10:40 PM |
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Can't be done. Only people who are racially pure (ie, Chinese) are allowed to emigrate to here. |
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Benoist_Shanghai
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Joined: May 18, 2003
Posts: 3057
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Oct 08, 2005 - 12:42 PM |
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Of all the young adults in the survey, only about one-third in Germany, Sweden and Japan, could name four countries that officially acknowledge having nuclear weapons. In the rest of the countries that number dropped to less than a quarter. In France 24 percent did not know that that their own country was a nuclear nation. |
Fortunately, they dont have voting rights.
Oh, wait a minute, they do? 
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alex-hk
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Joined: Apr 21, 2003
Posts: 1419
Location: in there.
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Oct 10, 2005 - 02:31 AM |
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Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing.
He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."
"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"
His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.
Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?" |
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