[TomServo]

"Without geography, our young people are not ready to face the challenges of the increasingly interconnected and competitive world of the 21st century."

Well, if the Enviro-weenies at Nat'l Geo would actually cover more geography instead of writing their pet tree-hugging articles, they might have a leg to stand on.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"Young Americans know little about world geography, with the majority unable to locate Iraq on a map and three quarters unable to find Indonesia, according to a study."

Perhaps this is because ideological purveyors of "social change" teach "social geography" in lieu traditional geography.

[DumpsterDiver]

Young Americans know little about world geography, with the majority unable to locate Iraq on a map and three quarters unable to find Indonesia, according to a study.

... half or fewer unable to identify the states of New York or Ohio on a map.

Does anyone know how these studies are done? Do they hand out maps with just the outlines of countries, or what?

[Dog Gone]

I think I could label nearly all correctly with no prompting, although some of the smaller African countries on the Atlantic coast would give me a problem.

[M1Tanker]

Oh look... Public Education fails again... But I will bet every kid knows how "evil" President Bush and how "righteous" Cindy Sheehan "is"... I bet they can also recite "anti-war" leftist rants from memory....

And if they don't know what a Bible is, I bet they can recite the Koran from their "multicultural" studies...

[ElkGroveDan]

I ahte to say it, but it's been that way since at least the 70s that I know of.

[rellimpank]

--if you were in an engineering or science based curriculum in the late fifties or early sixties, the flunk-outs usually went into "education" if they wanted to stay in school---this is what it got us--

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Your National Teacher Association at work here. This might explain why Democrats can not find polling places?

[Fatuncle]