May 03, 2006
News > Denial Ain't Just a River in England
Young Americans geographically illiterate: survey:
The Roper poll conducted on behalf of National Geographic found that most of the young adults questioned between the ages of 18 and 24 also had little knowledge about their own country, with half or fewer unable to identify the states of New York or Ohio on a map.
Moreover, the study said, many of those questioned were not bothered by their lack of geographic knowledge.
I didnt' have to wait as long as I thought to use that headline.
Posted by lesjones
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True story - two weeks ago a high school sophomore asked me if I could help her with her social studies assignment and I said sure. She asked if I knew where the United Nations was and I said they were headquartered in New York, NY. She said "Oh, so not in the United States then?"
Scary.