Does this [censored] scare anyone else in US?

[sightless]

I got this off Fark, but this scares the [censored] out of me...

Two of three Americans age 18-24 cannot find Iraq on the map
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05...est/index.html


some things from that article...
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.

Seventy-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.

Source: The Associated Press

Does anyone else find this to be very very wrong? What happened to people wanting to know more about the world they live in? Your country is at war, and you can't even locate on a map where this war is taking place.
I think US education system is too blame... it is so backward its not even funny... meh

hopefully this survey is not accurate and not anywhere to close to actual figures...

[d10]

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just 14 percent believe speaking another language is a necessary skill.

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Sounds about right. It's nice to know more than one language but I wouldn't call it necessary. You can get by just fine in most countries only speaking English.

The rest of those stats are pretty retarded, it makes me wonder what kind of people were polled, especially the India one.

[d-baggery]

Why the hell should I care about any other country? I'm being serious here.

[Rev. Good Will]

nice, I'm ahead of the curve

[Kneel B4 Zod]

nitty question: were country borders drawn? b/c if not, this makes it much harder

[Thythe]

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Why the hell should I care about any other country? I'm being serious here.

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Louisiana is part of the US.

[AdamDenick]

I don't see anything wrong here, except for the Louisiana one, obviously its the state thats shaped like an L

[d-baggery]

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Why the hell should I care about any other country? I'm being serious here.

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Louisiana is part of the US.

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Yes, however geography is not an important skill.

[Tron]

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Does anyone else find this to be very very wrong? What happened to people wanting to know more about the world they live in? Your country is at war, and you can't even locate on a map where this war is taking place.
I think US education system is too blame... it is so backward its not even funny... meh

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Might as well blame the media too, I'll bet if they were showing bodies or caskets on the television it would change a lot of those statistics.

[Jimbo]

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Yes, however geography is not an important skill.


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Spoken like a true underachiever.

Jimbo