Don't lie

Half of yall reading can't either.

the future leaders of America.

stupid brainless fools !!! the 00s and post-00s generation SUCKS !!!

I kinda feel bad for the kids of less developed countries who will never get a chance, unlike these spoiled idiots

Notice most of the questions dealt with geography and civics. 2 subjects that I don't think are even taught in schools anymore.

All thanks goes to the "Slash School Budgets" Republicans!

Meh. I just realized I couldn't remember the name of the British Prime Minister (that's a country I used to live in).

Some of the boys in the video look like they might have some developmental problems and the chicks are just bimbos.

lazycrockett said:

Notice most of the questions dealt with geography and civics. 2 subjects that I don't think are even taught in schools anymore.

Yet, we are the greatest nation on earth!

Something needs to be done about how we teach our students. It's clear both the left and right can't get that straight...

NDRU said:

A US-centric quiz, but I bet European kids would do much better at it. For the record, I don't know the Capitol of Washington either

Wait, you don't know Olympia is the capitol of Washington?

RenHoek said:

Timmy84 said:

NDRU said:

A US-centric quiz, but I bet European kids would do much better at it. For the record, I don't know the Capitol of Washington either

Wait, you don't know Olympia is the capitol of Washington?

In 5th grade, Sister Leonora used a song (based on "one little, two little, three little indians") that taught us the capitals of every state down the eastern seaboard. To this day I can recite the song and tell you the capital of every state from Maine down to Florida.

But the rest of country? I never learned them, so I'm clueless to most of them. I would've said Seattle was the capital of Washington State.

PurpleJedi said:

Timmy84 said:

Wait, you don't know Olympia is the capitol of Washington?

In 5th grade, Sister Leonora used a song (based on "one little, two little, three little indians") that taught us the capitals of every state down the eastern seaboard. To this day I can recite the song and tell you the capital of every state from Maine down to Florida.

But the rest of country? I never learned them, so I'm clueless to most of them. I would've said Seattle was the capital of Washington State.

I may not have learned the state capitals in school, either. But when I was a kid, I had an illustrated book about the 50 states that listed their capitals, populations, flags, symbols (birds, flowers, etc), and products (agricultural, minerals and such). I read that thing all the damn time - I loved it.

And I would actually sit and read the encyclopedia for hours. In fact, I'd read anything I could get my hands on. Our family subscribed to National Geographic, too - and my mother would assign readings from that magazine and from their School Bulletin, which came in the summer.

Genesia said:

PurpleJedi said:

In 5th grade, Sister Leonora used a song (based on "one little, two little, three little indians") that taught us the capitals of every state down the eastern seaboard. To this day I can recite the song and tell you the capital of every state from Maine down to Florida.

But the rest of country? I never learned them, so I'm clueless to most of them. I would've said Seattle was the capital of Washington State.

I may not have learned the state capitals in school, either. But when I was a kid, I had an illustrated book about the 50 states that listed their capitals, populations, flags, symbols (birds, flowers, etc), and products (agricultural, minerals and such). I read that thing all the damn time - I loved it.

And I would actually sit and read the encyclopedia for hours. In fact, I'd read anything I could get my hands on. Our family subscribed to National Geographic, too - and my mother would assign readings from that magazine and from their School Bulletin, which came in the summer.

I was like that but with the World Atlas.

I can still recall most nations' flags, and geographical locations.

PurpleJedi said:

Timmy84 said:

Wait, you don't know Olympia is the capitol of Washington?

In 5th grade, Sister Leonora used a song (based on "one little, two little, three little indians") that taught us the capitals of every state down the eastern seaboard. To this day I can recite the song and tell you the capital of every state from Maine down to Florida.

But the rest of country? I never learned them, so I'm clueless to most of them. I would've said Seattle was the capital of Washington State.

Y'all didn't have social studies in your school or something?

Genesia said:

PurpleJedi said:

In 5th grade, Sister Leonora used a song (based on "one little, two little, three little indians") that taught us the capitals of every state down the eastern seaboard. To this day I can recite the song and tell you the capital of every state from Maine down to Florida.

But the rest of country? I never learned them, so I'm clueless to most of them. I would've said Seattle was the capital of Washington State.

I may not have learned the state capitals in school, either. But when I was a kid, I had an illustrated book about the 50 states that listed their capitals, populations, flags, symbols (birds, flowers, etc), and products (agricultural, minerals and such). I read that thing all the damn time - I loved it.

And I would actually sit and read the encyclopedia for hours. In fact, I'd read anything I could get my hands on. Our family subscribed to National Geographic, too - and my mother would assign readings from that magazine and from their School Bulletin, which came in the summer.

Me too. I was a big social studies and geography fan when I was younger.

PurpleJedi said:

Genesia said:

I may not have learned the state capitals in school, either. But when I was a kid, I had an illustrated book about the 50 states that listed their capitals, populations, flags, symbols (birds, flowers, etc), and products (agricultural, minerals and such). I read that thing all the damn time - I loved it.

And I would actually sit and read the encyclopedia for hours. In fact, I'd read anything I could get my hands on. Our family subscribed to National Geographic, too - and my mother would assign readings from that magazine and from their School Bulletin, which came in the summer.

I was like that but with the World Atlas.

I can still recall most nations' flags, and geographical locations.

One of the first iPad apps I downloaded was National Geographic's World Atlas.

Timmy84 said:

PurpleJedi said:

In 5th grade, Sister Leonora used a song (based on "one little, two little, three little indians") that taught us the capitals of every state down the eastern seaboard. To this day I can recite the song and tell you the capital of every state from Maine down to Florida.

But the rest of country? I never learned them, so I'm clueless to most of them. I would've said Seattle was the capital of Washington State.

Y'all didn't have social studies in your school or something?

Yeah...but "state capitals" wasn't covered...or I was out sick that day.

PurpleJedi said:

Timmy84 said:

Y'all didn't have social studies in your school or something?

Yeah...but "state capitals" wasn't covered...or I was out sick that day.

Genesia said:

PurpleJedi said:

I was like that but with the World Atlas.

I can still recall most nations' flags, and geographical locations.

One of the first iPad apps I downloaded was National Geographic's World Atlas.

I'm not gonna lie...I got excited when the U.S.S.R. broke up and the satellite states joined the world as independent nations...with FLAGS!!!!

This thread has somehow managed to reach peak gheyness

imago said:

This thread has somehow managed to reach peak gheyness

Oh c'mon now, this is a joke, right? The war fought for American independence and how many countries border the United States stumps them? They teach that in every school, starting in 1st grade on, that's just how much they actually pay attention, period, in one ear and out the other. I'm assuming this was done in the state of Washington, every student should know the capital of the state they live in.

morningsong said:

Oh c'mon now, this is a joke, right? The war fought for American independence and how many countries border the United States stumps them? They teach that in every school, starting in 1st grade on, that's just how much they actually pay attention, period, in one ear and out the other. I'm assuming this was done in the state of Washington, every student should know the capital of the state they live in.

I think the students they ask are probably ones who don't pay much attention in school and sleep in the back of everyone else. They ask these people so the media can have their own opinion about how a school "treats its students".

imago said:

This thread has somehow managed to reach peak gheyness

My threads tend to reach peak gheyness by page 2

prince.org/msg/100/392414?&pg=2

Wow I guess if you don't say United States when asked name a country that starts with the letter U then you are wrong.

PurpleJedi said:

Genesia said:

One of the first iPad apps I downloaded was National Geographic's World Atlas.

I'm not gonna lie...I got excited when the U.S.S.R. broke up and the satellite states joined the world as independent nations...with FLAGS!!!!