Bob Gnarly Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Only 89% americans can find america while 95% canadians find america and only 60% americans can find canada and only 1/10th of americans know where iraq is and yet you wanna start a war makes ya wonder...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Skywalker Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 i smell burning.... ahh, its a flame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 whats thatsupposed to mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skate Boy Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Originally posted by Bilbo Skywalker i smell burning.... ahh, its a flame. Haha that made me laugh. He means you are flaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 lol, so 11 percent of the americans doesn't know where there own country is? now i understand where you guys got bush from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skate Boy Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Now that has to be wrong. I know where I live. The U.S. is right next to Egypt! It's that little County thing. Duh! Boy, some people sure are dumb.[/Hillbilly Voice] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 yes, welcome to the nightmare that is me living here....that number would be better, but for some reason, people feel it's necessary to give rednecks computers, email accounts, and teach them how to forward crappy junk-mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Bilbo, at least I'm not the only one who smells that... *sniffs* Not too sure how well people will react to this Boss. No flaming please guys. But how can 11% of Amercians not find America, if they are living there? Makes no sense to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 hey freedom of speech you guys where the ones whoo invented it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyOneCanoli Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 That recent test was given to young Americans aged 18-24. It is not indicative of Americans as a whole, nor of that age group (I didn't get the survey, and nobody I know did either). Surveys can be flawed if the random sampling techniques aren't sound. For example, give the test to Americans in inner-city ghettoes, and give it to Canadians in wealthy suburban towns, and of course you'll get skewed results. THIS IS THE TEST THEY TOOK. You can take it yourself by going to the link. As a young American in that age group, I got 20/20 very easily. I didn't have to think twice or think hard about a single question on the list. Further, if you look at the results of each page, you can see that America got average or above average scores on many of the questions. But it is disheartening to see that many of us (or at least those polled) don't know where our own damn country is. 1/10th of americans know where iraq is and yet you wanna start a war You're sure that the people who can't find Iraq want to go to war? Don't generalize one foreign policy to an entire nation of people. Once again, it is not 1/10th of Americans, it's 1/10 of young Americans who chose to took a poll which may or may not have been done accurately. And it is possible to lead a successful life without knowing where Iraq is, you know. I respect an honest businessman who can support his family but can't find a country on the map more than a lowlife who memorized the map of the world. I'm not condoning the rather poor results of the test, but this is far from the one-sided issue people make it out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Originally posted by kstar__2 lol, so 19 percent of the americans doesn't know where there own country is? now i understand where you guys got bush from! you mean 11% right lol! only one .... that goes both ways ... the fact that u got 20/20 doesnt mean all americans can true its not completely representative buts its not a good sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 Originally posted by OnlyOneCanoli That recent test was given to young Americans aged 18-24. It is not indicative of Americans as a whole, nor of that age group (I didn't get the survey, and nobody I know did either). Surveys can be flawed if the random sampling techniques aren't sound. For example, give the test to Americans in inner-city ghettoes, and give it to Canadians in wealthy suburban towns, and of course you'll get skewed results. THIS IS THE TEST THEY TOOK. You can take it yourself by going to the link. As a young American in that age group, I got 20/20 very easily. I didn't have to think twice or think hard about a single question on the list. Further, if you look at the results of each page, you can see that America got average or above average scores on many of the questions. But it is disheartening to see that many of us (or at least those polled) don't know where our own damn country is. You're sure that the people who can't find Iraq want to go to war? Don't generalize one foreign policy to an entire nation of people. Once again, it is not 1/10th of Americans, it's 1/10 of young Americans who chose to took a poll which may or may not have been done accurately. And it is possible to lead a successful life without knowing where Iraq is, you know. I respect an honest businessman who can support his family but can't find a country on the map more than a lowlife who memorized the map of the world. I'm not condoning the rather poor results of the test, but this is far from the one-sided issue people make it out to be. yeah thxs i knew it was something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JandoFett1842 Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 I read that statistic to, but i tought that the servay was done on a high school in New York and most likely the 11% is the little Children and also can you go around to every american and ask them to find america on a map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiRtY $oUtH™ Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 As an American, I am offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyOneCanoli Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 I'd be very interested to see what some of the Swampers got on the test, especially those criticizing the poor American results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonkH8er Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 As an Australian, I'll sit back and laugh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Marrakesh Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 I think that's utter BS. I'm 12 and I got something like 17/20, only because we didn't study religion or current times in school yet. Then again we didn't study some of the stuff I got right. Those poll results are waay wrong I'm rather offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Originally posted by OnlyOneCanoli That recent test was given to young Americans aged 18-24. It is not indicative of Americans as a whole, nor of that age group (I didn't get the survey, and nobody I know did either). Surveys can be flawed if the random sampling techniques aren't sound. For example, give the test to Americans in inner-city ghettoes, and give it to Canadians in wealthy suburban towns, and of course you'll get skewed results. THIS IS THE TEST THEY TOOK. You can take it yourself by going to the link. As a young American in that age group, I got 20/20 very easily. I didn't have to think twice or think hard about a single question on the list. Further, if you look at the results of each page, you can see that America got average or above average scores on many of the questions. But it is disheartening to see that many of us (or at least those polled) don't know where our own damn country is. You're sure that the people who can't find Iraq want to go to war? Don't generalize one foreign policy to an entire nation of people. Once again, it is not 1/10th of Americans, it's 1/10 of young Americans who chose to took a poll which may or may not have been done accurately. And it is possible to lead a successful life without knowing where Iraq is, you know. I respect an honest businessman who can support his family but can't find a country on the map more than a lowlife who memorized the map of the world. I'm not condoning the rather poor results of the test, but this is far from the one-sided issue people make it out to be. Thanks for explaining that Only, it's nice to know that somebody takes the initiative to explain things before posting a topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Snape Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 all i gotta say is wow. I'm 13 in America and i no where alotta countries are. Canada is north the USA, west of greenland. USA is north of mexico, and south of canada, east of Pacific ocean, west of atlantic ocean Iraq borders with Syria, Jordan, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Generation before me is stupid? Or did they just ask hicks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiRtY $oUtH™ Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Originally posted by GonkH8er As an Australian, I'll sit back and laugh.... So...you laugh huh? I hope that its not in an offensive way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 well i got 19/20, i wont say which one i got wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Knight Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 i got a 20/20 but also so that gave it to people 18-24, i actually wonder if they were all taking to their fullest ability you know what i mean? i know on stupid surveys i have put the stupidest answer possilbe i am betting that a good number of people did that on this survey i find this thread very offensive i am getting sick and tired of some people from europe on this fourm dogging out america you have no right to, people just show how ignorant and sterotypical they are when they make fun of america Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiRtY $oUtH™ Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 people just show how ignorant and sterotypical they are when they make fun of america Exactly Damn Europeans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teutonicknight Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Well I got 20/20 on the test, but what does it matter anyway? Lives don't revolve around knowing where countries are locate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Knight Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Yoda85 Exactly Damn Europeans... no you are as being just as bad as them, don't sterotype all of the europeans say those damn europeans that make fun of america then it is precise:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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