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The problem with today's educational system.....
Published on December 14, 2007 By killajosh In WinCustomize Talk
Okay, so I saw this on YouTube and just had to share it. My grandmother always like to ask us kids this question when we were being stupid...."What the hell is wrong with these kids today????"

I might ask all of you the same thing....
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on Dec 14, 2007
Yeah....when anyone asks me where the U.S. is on a map I just point down.
on Dec 14, 2007

Oh, dear.

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer....

on Dec 15, 2007
The Iraq...cracks me up   
on Dec 15, 2007
Yeah, I thought it was pretty funny too vS. I almost felt bad for her...except I was laughing too hard....
on Dec 15, 2007
Yeah... I saw that... Not very bright, no is she.
on Dec 15, 2007
What did she say? I'm deaf as post, so I don't know what was being spoken.
on Dec 15, 2007
So glad she wasn't the nurse at the hospital when the doctor said: "Nurse, prick this man's boil!"
on Dec 15, 2007

   Well duh!

She gets my vote...   

on Dec 15, 2007
   Wow....ok....she just lost and flunked out of the country.  
on Dec 15, 2007
The fact that she is representing South Carolina, makes me hang my head in shame.
It appears our "State Educational Lottery' funds are not being spent wisely.  
on Dec 16, 2007
It appears our "State Educational Lottery' funds are not being spent wisely.


Since when were gov't/semi-gov't funds ever spent wisely???

Seems, however, that instead of buying lottery tickets, SC parents would be better off investing in atlases... history and geography books.
on Dec 16, 2007
Ya sure it wasn't one of them anti drug ads?
on Dec 16, 2007

I think the whole thing reflects badly on the US education system. To have so many people unable to point out their own country on a map is almost unbelievable.

As for Miss Teen South Carolina, I think you should seriously think about having her locked away somewhere - anyone that dumb isn't going to be able to survive in the world anyway.

Back when I was at school (UK), between the ages of 9-11, as well as the usual memorising of multiplication tables, we had to learn the capital cities of countries. If you didn't get them right, you didn't go home, simple as that. Another was being able to name and locate seas and oceans.

Later, we would have to learn all UK counties and capitals. Also French Regions and US States. In secondary school geography was a compulsory subject. So you had to learn which countries things like coffee and rubber came from, also what the process was and learn about the social structure of the country.

Of course, that was a long time ago, I have no idea what is being taught today   

 

on Dec 16, 2007
We have a new way of teaching kids geography in the U.S. now..."Ok Johnny...see this country we're bombing today?...thats called Iraq...next week we'll study a country called Iran".
on Dec 16, 2007
I'm sure it doesn't come as any surprise that these Miss USA, Miss Teen, etc. contests aren't focusing on the intellect of the contestants.

When the object is to be the best Barbie Doll, being dumb as a post is not a detriment.   
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