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[theweaselking]

Typical Americans are asked "who should the USA invade next?" - and then asked why, and to point out the country on a map.

For extra amusement value: the countries are mislabelled, with Australia, for example, being marked "Iran"

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[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

...Right.

I...right.

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

My first reaction was "unbelieveable", then I realized, yes, I can believe it.

[cmseward.livejournal.com]

I really miss Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans".

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I have the horrible feeling that if asked to point to the States, at least one of them (possibly the guy going "Okay, where are we?") would have indicated someplace on teh border of China and Kazakhstan.

[toku666.livejournal.com]

Yes, and these Americans are "typical" why, exactly?

Just as with "Jaywalking" or any other variation on the theme, they don't show you the majority of the people.

You know, the ones that know what Australia is. And where to locate it.

[anivair.livejournal.com]

I'm certain that these people are sub-par, but I'm also not certain that the majority of americans know where Austrailia is. And I'm certain that if presented with that map, more than half the people I work with would get it wrong.

Granted, I don't work with college graduates for hte most part. But then again, neither are the majority of americans high school graduates. Many of them aren't even high school graduates.

[toku666.livejournal.com]

Whoa...

Did you mean to say that the majority of Americans (or "over 50%") are not high school graduates?

Do you have any source for that?

I'm going to go ahead and say that more than half of Americans know where Australia is.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Given the duplication of the terms, I'd say he meant:

Granted, I don't work with college graduates for the most part. But then again, neither are the majority of americans [college] graduates. Many of them aren't even high school graduates.

[toku666.livejournal.com]

Ah. Very well elucidated.

Also segues into the whole argument over exactly how necessary college is/should be in society, and exactly how well-educated any given college student is relative to a non college-educated peer.