 someone?
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
 1417 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 10:57:03 PM
lol @ f*ck thishalf the states didn't even look like themselves, rhode island was some weird pentagon and i have no idea what michigan or hawaii was xd |
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 TheGrag
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1548 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 10:02:32 PM
wait wait wait...
"I urge you to stop reciting insignificant state nicknames, and start teaching kids where Iraq is on a world map. If not, the US is going to be overtaken, and will end up the same as Russia (i.e. an ex-superpower)."i didnt learn the nicknames or capitals... its just a game.. its not like we teach this to kids... hell... my schools didnt atleast...
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 violingirl77
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
7145 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 10:02:13 PM
It didn't really register coloring in the circle.
Once I scribbled over practically the whole name and it still didn't register.  |
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TheGrag
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1548 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 9:57:48 PM
"Nearly two-thirds could not find Iraq on a map of the Middle East.Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the most widely spoken native language. Thirty percent thought the most heavily fortified border in the world was between the United States and Mexico. Americans scored second to last on overall geographic knowledge." alright... who did these cnn dudes ask the question to? god damn... i bet they went to alabama or some redneck state and asked.. i can locate those countries almost instantly... and who cares if we dont know exactly how many times greater china has in population compared to us...
i can live my day with out having to remember that china has 4X population on the US...
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 full_of_rage
Female, 13-17, Western US
302 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 9:47:24 PM
The music gave me a headache...and the game was really slow. But I got a good score :) |
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 millamopico
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
131 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 9:18:50 PM
shepherd
Male, 30-39, Europe
14 Posts Monday, October 15, 2007 3:32:53 AM
Why the F**K would you need to know any of this. what is the US obsession with naming states and past presidents anywho????
We don't do this in the UK we don't give a toss about what a county looks like on a map, well I don't perhaps some anal retards do.
the only reason this would be a skill to have would be for planning bombing missions, which I'm not BTW I'm still saving up for my plane!!!
Ahem. It's just a game.
Perhaps we would like to know about our history? We've been around a lot less time than you have so maybe they're more important.
You need to know these things in the US so you don't look like an idiot.
Simple.
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 kittenpants
Female, 30-39, Western US
127 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 9:00:44 PM
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 davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11693 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 8:38:05 PM
Guys, it's a big world out there, and America's role in it is diminishing relative to others (Approx. 1 trillion dollars have been spent in Iraq, which could have been spent on US schools, hospitals, public transport, welfare. The US dollar today is weaker than the Canadian dollar. 100 USD today will only get you 97 CAD. THAT is f*cked up). I urge you to stop reciting insignificant state nicknames, and start teaching kids where Iraq is on a world map. If not, the US is going to be overtaken, and will end up the same as Russia (i.e. an ex-superpower).Fin. |
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davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11693 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 8:28:19 PM
The American education system needs to spend more time teaching kids about the wider world and less time self-obsessing about reciting a list of the state capitols, state nicknames, state flowers, state birds and whatever else...A 2004 CNN study of young Americans (full article here) turned up these disturbing results: Nearly two-thirds could not find Iraq on a map of the Middle East. Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the most widely spoken native language. Thirty percent thought the most heavily fortified border in the world was between the United States and Mexico. Americans scored second to last on overall geographic knowledge. |
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 omgitssam
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
384 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 7:14:45 PM
i got 20/20 and i live in the us :) |
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 zurgrock
Male, 13-17, Canada
156 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 6:00:48 PM
lame |
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 AKappy
Male, 18-29, Western US
2607 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 5:31:44 PM
I put it at 100% difficulty and got 76 for a C. |
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 beeheehee
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
60 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 5:24:50 PM
Too similar to the damned MEAPs. |
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 42467
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
752 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 5:00:43 PM
D |
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 heaven23bx
Female, 30-39, Eastern US
51 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 4:24:57 PM
well...i thought it was an interesting way to learn the states...lawd knows i can't recognize all of them...plus my little ones got a kick out of it....anywayz...i'm just glad that IAB posted one of my links! YAY!!!! |
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 Kyur
Male, 18-29, Western US
900 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 3:47:38 PM
"He meant that in Europe noone would expect you to be able to recite which countries are in the Union, but in America it seems a good number of you could name all the states. Same with presidents, from what I can tell."Everyone I know that can do that knows the states from that song and the presidents from the animaniacs song. Other then that most people dont really give a poo, at least in the northwest. |
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TheGrag
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1548 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 3:46:43 PM
the quote above was from shepherd, have a nice day every1 |
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TheGrag
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1548 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 3:43:41 PM
"Why the F**K would you need to know any of this. what is the US obsession with naming states and past presidents anywho????
We don't do this in the UK we don't give a toss about what a county looks like on a map, well I don't perhaps some anal retards do.
the only reason this would be a skill to have would be for planning bombing missions, which I'm not BTW I'm still saving up for my plane!!!"hey dumb poo... click my link
Statetris Europe on IMB.com |
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 JeanaH
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
461 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 3:34:22 PM
I got an 87... better than I thought I would do... |
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 Osprey39
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1409 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 2:44:05 PM
This is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Just show the damn state instead of making us draw it. |
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 sunnysongbrd
Female, 18-29, Western US
532 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 2:20:14 PM
lol I did the HARD version... 50 questions, with the capitols and the nicknames thrown in...And I got an 84%... SO yeah, I ahve a lot fo useless info stored in my head that I didn't know was there... Thank goodness I can name the fifty states, most of the capitols, and some of the nicknames, though! I know this will save my life someday, somehow... |
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 +meep+
Female, 18-29, Europe
1032 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 1:03:29 PM
Maybe not in practice no, but like you say it is something you learn in school. But it's just pointless knowledge really. |
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 mbaxter
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
101 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 12:30:27 PM
+meep+ sadly most people couldn't do either of those things, maybe while in school, but after most couldn't tell you much about ALL the states, and I don't know many people who could name half of the presidents. |
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 TickledPink4
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
73 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 12:27:12 PM
I actually did get Hawaii, and it was just a bunch of little dots. Or maybe that was just my horrible drawing skills. |
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 Joolz200
Female, 18-29, Europe
129 Posts
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Monday, October 15, 2007 12:14:22 PM
wow! I got 9/10 and I'm Welsh lol. Guessing can get you far :) |
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