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No, we don't know...
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 4/8/14, 1:05 PM, wrote: On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:33:21 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote: On 4/8/14, 1:59 AM, wrote: On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:21:16 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote: "Where's the Ukraine?" "Oh, somewhere near the Yukon, right?" That public school education I guess. Americans are "suspicious" of intellectually based education and pursuits, and for many, if it isn't job-related, then the question arises, "why teach it." After all, knowing the boundaries of the nations that make up former Soviet Russia isn't going to get you into the Army or that job assembling electronic widgets. I mean, why study history, geographic, language, et cetera. They're just liberal arts pursuits, eh? I bet 90% of the teachers could not get more than half of the former Soviet states right on a map. Most would not even be able to point out all of the western European countries. I can't speak to the educational and intellectual attainments of today's classroom teachers, since I have no direct contact with large groups of them, I don't have any school-aged children, and I don't know what is taught or how it is taught in the public schools. If your posit is correct, then it just proves my original point, about the lack of support for intellectual pursuits. I suspect a goodly number of the few remaining posters in rec.boats couldn't write in the names of the lower 48 states and the state capitals on an outline map of the USA. They might be able to point out Alaska, but probably think its capital is Wasilla.  How many freeways to the capital of Alaska? Without looking up the answer. |
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