are kids really this ignorant?
May. 2nd, 2006 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crankylexThis is just about the saddest thing I've read in a while.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/02/geog.test/index.html
GEOGRAPHY SURVEY
* Thirty-three percent of respondents couldn't pinpoint Louisiana on a map.
* Fewer than three in 10 think it important to know the locations of countries in the news and just 14 percent believe speaking another language is a necessary skill.
* Two-thirds didn't know that the earthquake that killed 70,000 people in October 2005 occurred in Pakistan.
* Six in 10 could not find Iraq on a map of the Middle East.
* Forty-seven percent could not find the Indian subcontinent on a map of Asia.
* Seven-five percent were unable to locate Israel on a map of the Middle East.
* Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the most widely spoken native language.
* Six in 10 did not know the border between North and South Korea is the most heavily fortified in the world.
* Thirty percent thought the most heavily fortified border was between the United States and Mexico.
::boggles::
I admit to being a little iffy on the Mid-West US, but come ON!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/02/geog.test/index.html
GEOGRAPHY SURVEY
* Thirty-three percent of respondents couldn't pinpoint Louisiana on a map.
* Fewer than three in 10 think it important to know the locations of countries in the news and just 14 percent believe speaking another language is a necessary skill.
* Two-thirds didn't know that the earthquake that killed 70,000 people in October 2005 occurred in Pakistan.
* Six in 10 could not find Iraq on a map of the Middle East.
* Forty-seven percent could not find the Indian subcontinent on a map of Asia.
* Seven-five percent were unable to locate Israel on a map of the Middle East.
* Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the most widely spoken native language.
* Six in 10 did not know the border between North and South Korea is the most heavily fortified in the world.
* Thirty percent thought the most heavily fortified border was between the United States and Mexico.
::boggles::
I admit to being a little iffy on the Mid-West US, but come ON!
