So basically what you're saying here is that unless every single person in America has heard of your specific corner of the world, we're stupid. Wow. A few things:
1)Yes, this girl is an idiot. But judging all Americans based on one dumb blonde from the South (two, if you count our president) would be like my judging all Chinese people based on a stupid girl I knew in college.
2)I can guarantee you that EVERY SINGLE American who ever completed school up to age 14 has heard of pretty much every country in the world. We have plenty of geography courses. Whether or not someone remembers what he or she has been taught is another story entirely. Again, this girl was an idiot; no one should be surprised that she doesn't remember hearing the name Hungary or Budapest. (Or France)
I can also guarantee that her ignorance of general world geography does not come from never being told Europe is a continent.
3) Not everyone knows everything. Sure, if you know that Budapest is the capital of Hungary, then someone who doesn't seems like an idiot. If you know that Moscow is the capital of Russia, Brussels is the capital of Belgium, etc. But I'm not going to call you stupid if you don't know the capital of Paraguay or the state capital of Pennsylvania.
4) I have yet to meet someone who thinks that Denmark is a city in Sweden. More often than not, people know it's a state and think there's something rotten in it.
5) In re-reading the responses above, again I'm struck by the stupidity of anyone who thinks this dumb blonde girl represents typical Americans. I'd remind you that more than half of us did not vote for Bush the first time around.
6) I thought this clip was hysterical. Stupid people going on TV to prove it - great idea. Though she was smart enough to copy off the kid. Probably how she got through school, too.
7) Next time you use any technology, take any sort of pharmaceutical product, split an atom, just remember there are as many smart people here as there are idiots (well, maybe not as many), but don't question America's place on the world stage because some of the population is made up of ignorant morons.
-3 1. NonDairy commented 16 years ago on video A blonde and a 3rd grade geography question
1)Yes, this girl is an idiot. But judging all Americans based on one dumb blonde from the South (two, if you count our president) would be like my judging all Chinese people based on a stupid girl I knew in college.
2)I can guarantee you that EVERY SINGLE American who ever completed school up to age 14 has heard of pretty much every country in the world. We have plenty of geography courses. Whether or not someone remembers what he or she has been taught is another story entirely. Again, this girl was an idiot; no one should be surprised that she doesn't remember hearing the name Hungary or Budapest. (Or France)
I can also guarantee that her ignorance of general world geography does not come from never being told Europe is a continent.
3) Not everyone knows everything. Sure, if you know that Budapest is the capital of Hungary, then someone who doesn't seems like an idiot. If you know that Moscow is the capital of Russia, Brussels is the capital of Belgium, etc. But I'm not going to call you stupid if you don't know the capital of Paraguay or the state capital of Pennsylvania.
4) I have yet to meet someone who thinks that Denmark is a city in Sweden. More often than not, people know it's a state and think there's something rotten in it.
5) In re-reading the responses above, again I'm struck by the stupidity of anyone who thinks this dumb blonde girl represents typical Americans. I'd remind you that more than half of us did not vote for Bush the first time around.
6) I thought this clip was hysterical. Stupid people going on TV to prove it - great idea. Though she was smart enough to copy off the kid. Probably how she got through school, too.
7) Next time you use any technology, take any sort of pharmaceutical product, split an atom, just remember there are as many smart people here as there are idiots (well, maybe not as many), but don't question America's place on the world stage because some of the population is made up of ignorant morons.