I heard about this on a local morning show earlier this week. What I found interesting is most of the kids tested could point out Sectoid and Gorillas moms house on a map but not Iraq.
The National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs 2006 Geographic Literacy Study paints a dismal picture of the geographic knowledge of the most recent graduates of the U.S. education system.
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Twystyd
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TrollFunk
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Ok, that truely made me ROFLMAO in real life, sheesh, and i thought the thousands of immigrants comming to Denmark without even being able to find it on a map was moronic....
To give a hint where my little measly country is located for the unwise ones amoung us
North of Germany
South of Sweden
West of Latvia
East of England
= Denmark - Population = rought 5.5 million people.
<yay>
To give a hint where my little measly country is located for the unwise ones amoung us
North of Germany
South of Sweden
West of Latvia
East of England
= Denmark - Population = rought 5.5 million people.
<yay>
"The temperature inside this apple pie is over 1000 degrees. If I squeeze it, a jet of molten bramley apple will squirt out. Could go your way; could go mine. Either way, one of us is going down! - Alan Partridge"
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