 boomback
Male, 13-17, Southern US
 53 Posts
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:27:43 PM
i got 19 right i missed csi lol but if you got the equator light clothes one wrong SHAME on you |
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 Juicy_Juice
Female, 13-17, Midwest US
277 Posts
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:35:52 PM
I got 15 correct, but anyway, I really wish people would stop playing the "stupid American" card...it's not really our fault that so many of our citizens are receiving sub-par education. I'd blame the government (public education), and as we don't always get a say in what all happens here, it's generally beyond our control. A lot of Americans want to learn things but don't know where to start...it all goes into different areas that need a bit of reform. And since when did CSI affect our geography? I catch the show from time to time, but still...not everyone likes ot waste their time watching hours of television each day. If you don't pay attention to TV, that question leaves you clueless, and it says nothing about your geographical literacy. |
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 cheeseispunk
Female, 13-17, Western US
342 Posts
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Monday, May 08, 2006 11:54:28 PM
I missed 2. |
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 Fidodo
Male, 18-29, Western US
167 Posts
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Monday, May 08, 2006 12:53:52 AM
Apparently I'm geographically illiterate because I don't watch CSI. I didn't know geography required watching TV. |
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 cheeseboy
Male, 13-17, Australia
452 Posts
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Friday, May 05, 2006 7:18:23 AM
omg thats sad.... 48% of the surveryed people think that the most musilms are in india!!! ever heard of hindu!!!
*CSI in san francisco??? maybe - who knows its alredy gone miami and new york |
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 TCK15
Male, 13-17, Western US
521 Posts
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Friday, May 05, 2006 12:15:51 AM
Haha, stupid Americans. They are so stupid. |
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 juggalette43
Female, 13-17, Western US
177 Posts
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Friday, May 05, 2006 12:08:49 AM
Lol I didn't know most of the countries.
I'm stupid. XD no wonder all the damn brits here make fun of us Americans |
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 LaChica
Female, 13-17, Midwest US
2198 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 9:41:52 PM
americans r the koolest since we are free
and we dont have crapy water and land
we have the most valuable farm land
and the most sucessful people |
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 Fabbyfubz
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
206 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:55:23 PM
It's the damned companies that take advantage of the low wages the immigrant will work for. |
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 Indigo_M
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
353 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:39:09 PM
tiredofnicks, kicking the illegals out would actually help our economy. They cost us billions of dollars every year because they don't pay income taxes, some of them get free college tuition, most get free health care, and a lot of them send portions of their incomes back to Mexico and out of the American economy. They are a liability, not a blessing. Mexico is exporting its poor people and its criminals to the U.S. |
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 Ichron
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
8 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:07:56 PM
The international business language is English. As such, many non-native English speakers know English as well. Many people 18-24 in the USA know this. You can go to nearly any country in the world, and if you look for a brief period you can find someone who can speak English. I challenge you to go to a random place in any country and pick another random language and find someone that can speak it. You'll find someone able to speak English in the middle of Singapore than you can find someone who can speak Mandarin in the middle of Argentina. I am pretty sure that is what weighed on people's minds when answering that, and they disregarded the "primary" part as they were given this test on a voluntary basis. If their grade in school or wage in work depended on it, they would have paid more attention. |
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 Tiredofnicks
Male, 30-39, Europe
2092 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 1:27:09 PM
 The others can be explained away, but this one? How arrogant is that? xDefilerx: Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you'd deport all the illegal immigrants in the US wouldn't your economy collapse? Who'd do all the menial labor that "legal" US citizens refuse to do? |
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 gnazzah
Male, 30-39, Europe
201 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:28:16 AM
Ahhh! The rage! The fury!Kill the Mexicans! That'll help! Arrr! |
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 tambourine33
Male, 18-29, Europe
169 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 5:50:10 AM
Ok, maybe this survey was intended to make Americans look dumb. But let's look at our own education systems first. I live in the UK where you can obtain a university degree without being able to punctuate or even spell correctly.More and more school-leaving kids here cannot even read to an adult level. 1 in 5 adults in the UK are functionally illiterate. Maybe this is down to us getting stupider or maybe it's the airy-fairy way we are teaching children these days. Either way there is an old saying about glass houses and people throwing stones. |
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 Jake-BackMT
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
305 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:47:22 AM
i'm american. i did terrible. our public school education really lacked on geography.
people don't really think outside their own bubble. it's sad. |
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 rosie51391
Female, 13-17, Western US
258 Posts
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Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:28:09 AM
heh heh i'm 15 and i got the most popular language one right. :)...and most heavily guarded border...etc. this is pretty easy |
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 xDefilerx
Male, 13-17, Southern US
67 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 11:20:12 PM
Between illegal immigration and war, the USA is taking a beating. I say we just put our soldiers on the border and shoot the Mexicans.I am not racist or anything, I am just sick of the Mexicans. Sure, let the Mexicans who want to come to America to have a better life and work for a living stay, but kick the rest out. If you want to illegaly come to our country, then make sure you are doing something and not wasting money. |
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look215
Male, 18-29, Canada
1504 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:22:40 PM
alot of the questions were leading, they make you think one thing but they really ask you another. |
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 Yusaf
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
13 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:17:11 PM
"It amuses me how anything can be turned into a "Americans are dumb" "No we're not, we're better." argument."Excellent point, simpleaddict. |
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 simpleaddict
Female, 13-17, Midwest US
9 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:27:12 PM
Most of them were pretty obvious. The biggest oil consumer...dur.It amuses me how anything can be turned into a "Americans are dumb" "No we're not, we're better." argument. |
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 52
Male, 18-29, Europe
48 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:10:35 PM
I can't believe the immigration one was 33% That's a lot. |
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DiePSPolice
Male, 30-39, Western US
341 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:58:57 PM
"Oh, and gee, where are all the best colleges located? Where do people innovate? And where do all the immigrants come for a better life? America!"Hah, not for long. First of all, everybody else on the two American continents hates it when we refer to the USA as "America", as if the other countries don't matter. Second, we were always strong because we attracted the best and the brightest from other countries. Our increasingly aggressive, belligerent global stance and our increasingly discouraging immigration policy and the failing dollar is already changing that. Better learn another language, and soon. I recommend Mandarin. |
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 MagicMoose
Male, 13-17, Western US
637 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:33:00 PM
xDefilerx:
"Where is Sra Lanka"?
Someone picked North America. Why everyone might now know where Sri Lanka is, everyone should know it is not one of the 50 states.North America isnt just the USA |
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 lemurarmy
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
348 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:20:39 PM
Only missed the CSI one. And theres a good reason most Americans cant find places like Sudan on a map, America is so big that most people never leave or go to another nation (not counting Canada). |
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 deuterium
Female, 13-17, Western US
112 Posts
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 7:53:22 PM
I only missed the CSI question. Why was there a CSI question anyway? :? |
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