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Date Posted: Friday, May 05, 12:12:53pm
Author: BJ
Subject: Re: don't know, who would want to know where La, is anyway?
In reply to: Brassman 's message, "This is PATHETIC!" on Tuesday, May 02, 08:08:32pm

> MSNBC.com
>
>Young Americans shaky on geographic smarts
>Study finds that many fare poorly at finding Louisiana
>and Iraq on a map
>
>The Associated Press
>Updated: 10:52 a.m. ET May 2, 2006
>
>
>WASHINGTON - Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the
>damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of
>young Americans recently polled couldn�t locate
>Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to
>identify Mississippi.
>
>Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even
>worse with foreign locations: six in 10 couldn�t find
>Iraq, according to a Roper poll conducted for National
>Geographic.
>
>�Geographic illiteracy impacts our economic
>well-being, our relationships with other nations and
>the environment, and isolates us from the world,�
>National Geographic president John Fahey said in
>announcing a program to help remedy the problem. It�s
>hoping to enlist businesses, nonprofit groups and
>educators in a bid to improve geographic literacy.
>
>Planned is a five-year, multimedia campaign called My
>Wonderful World that will target children 8 to 17. The
>goal is to motivate parents and educators to expand
>geographic offerings in school, at home and in their
>communities.
>
>They will have their task cut out for them, judging by
>the results of the survey of 510 people interviewed in
>December and January.
>
>Among the findings:
>
>One-third of respondents couldn�t pinpoint Louisiana
>on a map and 48 percent were unable to locate
>Mississippi.
>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.
>While the outsourcing of jobs to India has been a
>major U.S. business story, 47 percent could not find
>the Indian subcontinent on a map of Asia.
>While Israeli-Palestinian strife has been in the news
>for the entire lives of the respondents, 75 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.
>
>Joining in the effort to improve geographic knowledge
>will be the 4-H, American Federation of Teachers, Asia
>Society, Association of American Geographers, National
>Basketball Association, National Council of La Raza,
>National PTA, Smithsonian Institution and others.
>
>�Geography exposes children and adults to diverse
>cultures, different ideas and the exchange of
>knowledge from around the world,� said Anna Marie
>Weselak, president of the National PTA. �This campaign
>will help make sure our children get their geography �
>so they can become familiar with other cultures during
>their school years and move comfortably and
>confidently in a global economy as adults.�
>
>
>
>from the Brassman...Okay kids back to AHOLE
>TV...Survivor, Idol etc....
>
>WE DERSERVE THE CRAPPY GOVERNMENT AND STATE OF AFFAIRS
>WE HAVE IF WE CAN'T FIND KANSAS ON A MAP!!!!!!!!!

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