2007-08-30 18:29:33 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Seriously? Lol, hahhahahhhahahahahah....wow
2007-08-30 18:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
I believe that the problem lies with our maps. In school, elementary students ARE given maps of the US with the states clearly marked and the US borders clearly marked above at Canada and clearly marked below showing Texas.
The reason Americans have trouble located the US on a world map is that the world map is (a) distorted if it's a flat map and (b) shows the US without clear borders between Mexico and Canada. The US is not as easy to spot as say, Austrailia.
...or maybe it's just bad map skills.
PS- That chick should be ashamed of herself. She'd have been better off just saying "I don't have a clue."
2007-08-30 18:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because "..most Americans don't have maps.." as said by your Miss Teen South Carolina lol. Either that or they didn't know that their country was actually called the "United States of America" instead of America
2007-08-30 18:37:00 · answer #3 · answered by Isamyn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because all the Money that COULD be going to improve our Childrens Education- is going to places like Iraq for the Military. I'll bet THOSE Americans can find the US on a map! :0
2007-08-30 18:40:20 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
What? The US is like the fourth largest country in the world. If you can't find France in the map it's ok. But the US? Are they blind?
2007-08-30 18:58:07 · answer #5 · answered by 123mantobeat456 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The sad state of public education and interest. Even more frightening is the fact that only one in five adults in the U.S. has ever read the Constitution.
2007-08-30 18:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the American education system has been hijacked
By the left wing communists. The less you know, the more they can make you believe.
2007-09-01 18:46:25 · answer #7 · answered by Mogollon Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the other 4/5ths are still in front of the map trying to find it!!!
2007-08-30 18:42:26 · answer #8 · answered by kmanfromga 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I saw some blonde chick on TV the other day explaining this. I lost my map to the TV, if i could find it i could probably tell you what she said.
2007-08-30 19:12:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
not enough geography classes in schools!
and also it is NOT about more money in schools, like some have said here, but (like we say in the Navy) is also a case of "lack of give a fu....k" by teachers and students!!, who for the most part are more worried about their cell phones and MTV than learning!
just watch the movies "Lean on me", and "Stand and deliver"!
simple!
2007-08-30 18:51:10 · answer #10 · answered by Krytox1a 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because uhhh U.S. Americans need to foreign policy with the iraq and things... *smile and pose*
2007-08-30 18:33:51 · answer #11 · answered by Rhuby 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋