After more than three years of combat and nearly 2,400 U.S. military deaths in Iraq, nearly two-thirds of Americans aged 18 to 24 still cannot find Iraq on a map, a study released Tuesday showed.
The study found that less than six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, 33 percent could not point out Louisiana on a U.S. map.
On second thought, don't answer that.
I was surprised that one of my Thai girlfriends couldn't find Thailand on a map of the world. I guess that I shouldn't be surprised that Americans are just as ignorant, if not moreso.
Just tell me again how America got to be the most powerful nation on the planet and yet have so many shockingly stupid people. I certainly can't figure it out.
I read another study somewhere that today's Baccalaureate holder has the same amount of "general knowledge" as a high school graduate from 50 years ago.
Here is my bet: Pretty soon, America is going to be a country where the typical educated person can do something technical like map out a microprocessor down to the last nanometer, but can't look at a map of the world and find Australia. The quest for specialized knowledge will completely replace the need for general knowledge about the world. America will be a country of focus-oriented "parts", ignorant of everything except the one area where they are needed/used.
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Americans are dumb fat cows.
No. Americans are degree-holding ignorant fat cows.
No. Americans are unworldly fat arsed cows.
Unworldly = ignorant
you eh-mericans disgust me
Actually, "prejudice" is much closer to "ignorant" than is "unworldly". What other populous can we misdirect our angst at? How about the people of many African nations for not eating and catching AIDS; they're so stupid.
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