Miss South Carolina on Education

eignacio said:
Man, it's going be sooo f'd up if she's been preparing for the same question....then the Today Show gives her a completely different question. ha,ha.
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That'd be hilarious.

To be honest, I wish she screws up even worse this time.
 
bballplaya283 said:
I can't wait for this. I love her use of "such as" and "the Iraq".
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I'm really interested in her South African angle. I think it's brilliant that she can see a link in some perceived deficiency in the U.S. educational system and the entire nation of South Africa.

She may be on to something.
 
IMPORTANT! You must follow the steps of this post to get the full benefit of it,

Step 1
Before reading my post please test yourself on the National Geographic web site to see if you are as smart as you think you are:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ro...estion_01.html

Step 2
OK, if you have taken the test you can read on. If not, shame on you cheater. Go back to step one and take the test

Step 3
post your score

Step 4
Read my post:

The question is a direct reference to a study done by National Geographic. The study looked at the "geographic literacy" of young adults between 18 and 24 years of age. Here is the "short" version:

The National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs 2006 Geographic Literacy Study

The study shows that:
  • respondents have a fairly good understanding of how to use a map
  • Six in ten (63%) cannot find Iraq on a map of the Middle East
  • Three-quarters cannot find Indonesia on a map
  • 30% think the most heavily fortified border in the world is between the United States and Mexico (it's actually between North- and South Korea)
  • Majorities overestimate the total size of the U.S. population and fail to understand how much larger the population of China is
  • Three-quarters (74%) believe English is the most commonly spoken native language in the world, rather than Mandarin Chinese
  • Half or fewer of young men and women 18-24 can identify the states of New York or Ohio on a map (50% and 43%, respectively)
Full survey here: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/index.html

mor10
*knows how to do research on the internet*
 
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17/20

I missed the Katrina question, the exports question (I was 50/50 between the US and Japan), and the immigration growth question.

Considering that I'm not American, not too shabby.
 
whew...
I got 18 out of 20.
I was a little worried at first, of course then i realized that if I did really poorly I just wouldn't post my score. :)

Not much of a 'geography' quiz though - until the last few questions.
CSI? What the hell was that question doing in there?

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I missed the Exports and the Immigration questions.
Apparently I do fine as long as people and things stay within their own countries...anything else throws me off.
:)
 
There's a difference between not being able to find Indonesia on a map and not being able to find the United States...
 
18/20

(same here, luis - immigration and exporter. d'oh!)

It should keep track of your scores and give you a "report card" at the end.
 
And everyone thinks the ability to find something on a map is important because...?

So when you're flying there, you can complain to pilot that he's taking the long way?

So what if there are a billion or so Chinese talking to each other? What is language is used by more different peoples? English or Spanish?

:)
 
GenJerDan - Don't know. The geography test took all the brain cells I had. :(

:) :)

I have actually tried telling pilots they're taking the long way to our destination. But they kept yelling, "We must stop for fuel!" and something about, "Get out of the cockpit, you idiot!!!"
 
I think I missed 3 .. what sort of a lame test doesn't count for you?


- Mikko ... has been to 15 or 16 countries so far and has 26 atlantic crossings to date, and has yet to be kicked out of the cockpit.
 
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