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Where is this America you speak of?
Good Lord. According to the always correct Miss Teen USA pageant, one out of every 5, or 20%, of Americans can’t find the USA on a map.
Through the magical pixie dust of the internet you can hear the question and the amazing answer given by South Carolina’s pageant contestant here.
How have we become so dumb? Is it because we now place more emphasis on the daily lives of celebrities than we do on real news? Is it because we see higher education as a call to party and experiment with drugs/sex? Or is it because we feel education isn’t important any more?
I’ve heard far to often from my various teacher friends about kids who only go to school because they are forced by law and take the first bus out once they turn 16. 16! At 16 I couldn’t tell you who fought in the Spanish American War. Or what year the War of 1812 occurred. And these kids believe they know everything they need to get through life. These are the types of people who don’t know when to use there and when to use their.
Can’t find America on a map, my goodness. This brings a memory of mine from 4th grade, Mrs. Yates class. She was teacher of the year in 1994, my year, by the way. We took the continent test that year. Easy A….for me. I still remember looking over at the girl next to me’s paper and seeing that she failed. She actually had South America where Europe is and North America where Africa is. Yeah, she had South more north than North. I bet the surveyed her for this poll.