Only a quarter of U.S. students proficient in geography: report

[bostonkid9]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a quarter of U.S. students are proficient in geography, according to a report released on Tuesday.

In other news - US journalists shit at accuracy, balance and basic math.

It's not 'about', it's less than one quarter. It's 22.6% - as any moron can work out by adding the three percentages and dividing by three

Uh oh. We are so fucked!!!

 

[bahodeme]

Could any adult (.ie parent or teacher) pass the assessment test? If they couldn't, the student is up shit creek.

 

[Ulysses31]

Any excuse to post these

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

My favorite ironic t-shirt.

 

[Hot Mega]

My favorite ironic t-shirt.

I call . If that were truly a shirt donned by an Ohioan, there would be an 'e' on the end of potato.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

I call . If that were truly a shirt donned by an Ohioan, there would be an 'e' on the end of potato.

I'm an Iowan, jackass. I wear it all over Las Vegas and no one has pointed out that the outline of the state doesn't match. Or that Boise isn't in either state.

 

[Hot Mega]

I'm an Iowan, jackass. I wear it all over Las Vegas and no one has pointed out that the outline of the state doesn't match. Or that Boise isn't in either state.

'styro...chill on the name calling. I'm told that's against the rules...i.e. if I were to return the favor I could be subject to infraction...

1.) I didn't take your statement about it being your favorite...shirt literally as being YOUR friggin rag.

2.) Ergo, I wasn't calling YOU an Ohioan but generically referencing and dissing Ohioans with the potato quip as a reaction to Baill...

3.) Fucken chill...

 

[Atar554]

I think a large problem is how subjects are taught and not just the kids and their distractions.

A lot of Geography and subjects like History for me was droning on and on and on. Memorizing names and places for the sake of....memorizing names and places. I had some interest in History at least so I forced my way through the tripe and did well. However I'm not that great on geography as far as where rivers are in foreign countries and capitals around the world etc...

Teachers don't typically put a lot of effort into it and therefore you get little from the students. It's the same problem some people have with Algebra; if I don't have a natural love and fascination with numbers why do I need it? If you don't have a natural desire to know where things are that you'll likely never go to or hear about, why do I need to know?

I think one reason so many other countries do better on those types of subjects is because they are looking for an advantage. They learn and master the subjects because we don't; they've got something to prove. To us it's a chore that sounds boring and is made boring in the classroom. Only now are we starting the mantra of "Insert country here is smarter than us at insert topic here".

Which might actually help in the long run; I hope.

 

[Hot Mega]

Wowwwwww.....

In 'xyz' coffee shop this morning;

One of the female coffee shop clerks: (To apparent regular) So you said you were leaving for a month?

Mid 50ish regular female: Yes, to Spokane.

Clerk: Spokane? Where's that?

Hot Mega: facepalm

Mid 50ish regular female: In Washington....

 

[TheOrangeCat]

Wowwwwww.....

In 'xyz' coffee shop this morning;

One of the female coffee shop clerks: (To apparent regular) So you said you were leaving for a month?

Mid 50ish regular female: Yes, to Spokane.

Clerk: Spokane? Where's that?

Hot Mega: facepalm

Remonds me of the Bill Hicks sketch about the Waffle House waitress who sees him reading as says:

Waitress: 'what you reading for?'

Hicks to audience: 'Not, 'what are you reading', but what are you reading for?

Hicks replies to waitress: 'well, Wendy, I read for many reasons, but one of them is so that I don't end up waiting tables in a fucking waffle house.'

Hicks to audience: 'Then a trucker stands up from the next booth'.

Trucker: 'Weeeeeeeeeeeell. Look like we've got ourselves a reader ...'


I am fully prepared to believe this sketch is based on a true story.

 

[Baill Inneraora]

'styro...chill on the name calling. I'm told that's against the rules...i.e. if I were to return the favor I could be subject to infraction...

1.) I didn't take your statement about it being your favorite...shirt literally as being YOUR friggin rag.

2.) Ergo, I wasn't calling YOU an Ohioan but generically referencing and dissing Ohioans with the potato quip as a reaction to Baill...3.) Fucken chill...

Dan Quayle was from Indiana!

 

[iLoveRachlStarr]

so you guys are implying that it is McDonalds fault that people are fat and stupid...? its always about scapegoats in this damn country. ITS YOUR FAULT ! if you over eat even when a restaurant like mcdonalds is portion controlled and offers healthy alternates to a big mac such as salad, you WILL get fat... and working at mcdonalds doesnt mean youre dumb. It is the soul fault of the US people to why our population is geting dumber. Kids need to stop playing xbox 24/7 and go outside get active eat healthy and fucking read, and when i say read, i dont mean captain underpants. i was one of those kids who played a lot of video games but i grew out of it in high school and became a 2 sport athlete with a very nice gpa to boot. it just takes hard work and dedication !
:2 cents:

 

[Hot Mega]

Dan Quayle was from Indiana!

:1orglaugh Like that makes a difference....

You're not keeping up with the joke....the thread has something or other to do with Americans and their challenges in geography.:2 cents:

 

[maildude]

I call . If that were truly a shirt donned by an Ohioan, there would be an 'e' on the end of potato.

Naw. You mean Indiana.

 

[Hot Mega]

Naw. You mean Indiana.

Uh boy....let me spell it out.

1. I know Quayle was from Indiana.

2. I know he was the person who made infamous the instructing of a school kid to misspell 'potato' by telling him to put an 'e' on the end.

3. I never believed Quayle was from Ohio, nor from Iowa, nor from Idaho.

4. I never believed 'styro was from anywhere in particular as it relates to this thread.

5. I didn't know it was actually a rag 'styro owned when he proudly proclaimed it his favorite. I thought he was talking in abstract terms not literal.

6. I simply equated Ohioans to the Indianan Quayle by suggesting an Ohioan would have misspelled it too on that shirt in an effort to insult Ohioans through Baill for his response.

7. For all I care you bastids can go straight to fucking 'geography'...(if you can find it).

:horse:

 

[KillTheIndustry]

Where's Wyoming??? :dunno:

Good question. I know where it's supposed to be, but when I went, nothing was there. :dunno:

 

[Fuckin A Skippy]

A guy sent me this a while back LOL

 

[Jon S.]

You know what is REALLY sad is the fact that we rank fairly low in every category with respect to education. If that isn't bad enough, I genuinely believe there are lots of Americans who actually take great pride in the fact that they are ignorant...and they pass that down to their children...along with their irrational fear of education and educated people. I know the United States is #1....I mean my fellow Americans are always saying it, so it's got to be true.....I simply haven't a clue as to what we are #1 in! Ha ha ha!

 

[Rane1071]

It's not just the U.S. .. I used to love those shows like Uly posted, where they would ask people in the street where something was and listen to the dumb answers.

I've always loved geography since I saw my first Atlas.

 

[Jon S.]

What always gets me is how many people are too fucking stupid to be able to do simple math.....or are horrible at math. Shit, math has rules...which kinda makes it easy IMHO....BUT, NO....so many are HORRIBLE at math!