Poll Shows Many Can't Find La. on Map

Associated Press ^ | May 02 | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID

[george76]

Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn't locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.

Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even worse with foreign locations:

six in 10 couldn't find Iraq...

_ Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the most widely spoken native language.

_ Six in 10 did not know the border between North and South Korea is the most heavily fortified in the world.

Thirty percent thought the most heavily fortified border was between the United States and Mexico.

[1rudeboy]

I didn't bother to click-through, but I wonder what the NEA had to say about this? What, the reporter didn't ask?

[fanfan]

Thirty percent thought the most heavily fortified border was between the United States and Mexico.

That 30% must have been illegals from Mexico.

[jdm]

"Thirty percent thought the most heavily fortified border was between the United States and Mexico"

LOLOL!!!!

[bilhosty]

How many of the kids were from illegal alien families?

[george76]

[theDentist]

Can't find La.? Heck, seems every illegal immigrant in the world knows where Los Angeles is... :)

(yes, I know La. is Louisiana)

[Muleteam1]

>>nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn't locate Louisiana on a map <<

Unfortunately they do not have the same problem when it comes to finding their polling place.

Muleteam1

[george76]

Thomas Sowell's "Inside American Education" documents numerous ways teachers attack parental authority.

Teachers have asked third-graders, "How many of you ever wanted to beat up your parents?"

In a high school health class, students were asked, "How many of you hate your parents?"

[in hoc signo vinces]

This is no real surprise. The only thing Kids are taught in public schools is to hate republicans because "they" are "intolerant".

Civics, Geography, Logic, "Fact" based critical thought are counter to the NEA agenda.

[Onelifetogive]

Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the most widely spoken native language.

This is a stupid question if you fail to define "widely spoken." If 1 Billion people speak Mandarin Chinese, but 95% of them live in one small area of the world, is that "widely spoken." I would define "widely spoken" as the language that, if you were randomly dropped soemwhere on planet earth, you'd be most likely to be able to communicate with the locals using. I'd bet on English or Spanish.

[JmyBryan]

Bush's fault or the legacy of racism?

[Dawgreg]

OMG! These people have the right to.....VOTE! God help us all!

[steve-b]

Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the most widely spoken native language.

What exactly does this question mean? English (or at least some dialect thereof) is most certainly the most widely spoken language of people native to the US....

[darkwing104]

Liberalism at work, isn't it wonderful /s...

[Dane]

How many of the kids were from illegal alien families?

Amazing you frothing mouth one issuers.

Anyway the people who are rebuilding New Orleans(hispanics) seem to be able to read a map to get their, unlike our shining star students in leftist run public schools.

But that's ok go ahead and blame illegals instead of the teacher unions.

[Rokke]

I spent a few months in Mississippi recently. I don't think a lot of people in that state could find it on a map.

[hauerf]

Future Democrap voters.

[doorgunner69]

Oh wow man, like, you know, geography is hard, dude...............

[Dane]

What exactly does this question mean? English (or at least some dialect thereof) is most certainly the most widely spoken language of people native to the US...

I think that question was pertaining to Iraq9arabic) or the world, where the answer would be Mandarin Chinese, although one could make the case that English is world's most spoken second language and the world's business language.