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Posted: 2003-01-16 08:43am
by Dargos
Eleas wrote:The Duchess of Zeon wrote:Before you get to happy, Oh Glorious Europeans, remember that America, land of stupid people, is despite being said land, still the strongest nation on the planet.....
.....Can you imagine what we'd have done by now if we were all brilliant?
Ha! If you had been brilliant, you would all be coming to Sweden to learn the secrets of
yümmy føød!
Bork bork bork.
Yurgi smorgi dor a diki dor. Yurgi ga smorgibor bork bork bork!!!
Swedish Chef Rocks
Posted: 2003-01-16 08:51am
by Oberleutnant
MKSheppard wrote:Crown wrote:
Seriously though, America's geography teachers should be shot!
Actually...
"War is God's way of teaching Americans Geography...."
Then you are in need of serious restructing. In a survey conducted last year, only 42% of young Americans knew that Taliban and al-Qaeda were based in Afganistan. 17% were able to find it on the world map. Amazing 13% could find Iraq. At least they did better than their counterparts in Mexico.
http://geosurvey.nationalgeographic.com/geosurvey/ [/url]
Posted: 2003-01-16 08:55am
by Eleas
Dargos wrote:Eleas wrote:
Ha! If you had been brilliant, you would all be coming to Sweden to learn the secrets of yümmy føød!
Bork bork bork.
Yurgi smorgi dor a diki dor. Yurgi ga smorgibor bork bork bork!!!
Swedish Chef Rocks
"In this shøw e heve de müfin. See de müfin? Und here e heve de bøøm a-shuutin. Und dis is høw to make a høøl."
Posted: 2003-01-16 09:36am
by Lord Pounder
I remember when i was 1st on the net about 4 years ago. I went into a teen room as i was 18 at the time. All these dumb fuck soon to be porn star american women thought we still had a potatoe famine. I had it made, i was wowing them with details of street riots and about to get some sympathy cyber sex when a fecking Bosnian came in.................
Posted: 2003-01-16 09:41am
by Tsyroc
Eleas wrote:
Bork bork bork.

Is that a reference to the Sweedish Chef from the Muppet Show?
If so....

Posted: 2003-01-16 10:13am
by SirNitram
The Duchess of Zeon wrote:Before you get to happy, Oh Glorious Europeans, remember that America, land of stupid people, is despite being said land, still the strongest nation on the planet.....
Hence why brainy Europeans like myself come to this Land to leech off the wallets while we prepare Operation Move The Cheese.
Posted: 2003-01-16 10:27am
by Eleas
Tsyroc wrote:Eleas wrote:
Bork bork bork.

Is that a reference to the Sweedish Chef from the Muppet Show?
If so....

Mmmm, chocolate moose! Hubedi um... mmmm...
Posted: 2003-01-16 10:33am
by Montcalm
It must be the Britney Spears effect acting like a black hole sucking intelligence away from the world.

Posted: 2003-01-16 12:26pm
by Darksider
Montcalm wrote:It must be the Britney Spears effect acting like a black hole sucking intelligence away from the world.

the whole world??? i thought it was just the U.S. that was becoming more stupid
Posted: 2003-01-16 12:26pm
by Darksider
Montcalm wrote:It must be the Britney Spears effect acting like a black hole sucking intelligence away from the world.

the whole world??? i thought it was just the U.S. that was becoming more stupid
Posted: 2003-01-16 12:46pm
by Enforcer Talen
such sheep will be useful in a few yrs. . .
-lazy smile-
Posted: 2003-01-16 12:49pm
by Darth Wong
Americans learn about every conceivable detail of their Revolutionary War history, and ... then they stop.
Posted: 2003-01-16 12:51pm
by Darksider
that's not true for all americans personally i am very interested in the second world war (if anyone knows any good books on the subject please let me know)
Posted: 2003-01-16 12:56pm
by Enforcer Talen
actually, I know tons of ww2 stuff, and next to nothing bout the revolution. tis why Im taking a history major later - need to know these things.
Posted: 2003-01-16 12:57pm
by Darth Wong
Sorry, I should have added "in public school". Every American seems to know all sorts of things about their own Revolutionary War, some stuff about their own Civil War, and as you move toward the present day, less and less. How many Yanks know how Marcos seized power in the Philippines, for example?
Posted: 2003-01-16 12:58pm
by Enforcer Talen
-reads history in reverse-
and, not a clue.
Posted: 2003-01-16 12:59pm
by Darksider
Darth Wong wrote:Sorry, I should have added "in public school". Every American seems to know all sorts of things about their own Revolutionary War, some stuff about their own Civil War, and as you move toward the present day, less and less. How many Yanks know how Marcos seized power in the Philippines, for example?
i am ashamed to admit i know nothing about this but i am still finishing up 10th grade world history mabye i'll learn about it
Posted: 2003-01-16 01:03pm
by Enforcer Talen
never heard of him, as it happens. was it when the americans took over, or when we left, or what? Ive never been good with names.
Posted: 2003-01-16 01:07pm
by TrailerParkJawa
Darth Wong wrote:Sorry, I should have added "in public school". Every American seems to know all sorts of things about their own Revolutionary War, some stuff about their own Civil War, and as you move toward the present day, less and less. How many Yanks know how Marcos seized power in the Philippines, for example?
Exactly! Every time I took history in high school and middle school it was the same old plan. Most of the class is spent on the first 100 years, with just a small amount of time on the last 100 years.
You would think with so many of the teacher at my time being from the Vietnam War area they would want to talk about it, but evidently not.
Posted: 2003-01-16 02:23pm
by Ted
Darth Wong wrote:Sorry, I should have added "in public school". Every American seems to know all sorts of things about their own Revolutionary War.
Actually, one major battle was banned from their history books.
The battle of Penobscot Bay, in which 43 American ships were burned or captured.
By 6 British ships.
Posted: 2003-01-16 02:44pm
by Temjin
Ted wrote:Darth Wong wrote:Sorry, I should have added "in public school". Every American seems to know all sorts of things about their own Revolutionary War.
Actually, one major battle was banned from their history books.
The battle of Penobscot Bay, in which 43 American ships were burned or captured.
By 6 British ships.
Is this ban still in effect?
Posted: 2003-01-16 03:08pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
TrailerParkJawa wrote:Darth Wong wrote:Sorry, I should have added "in public school". Every American seems to know all sorts of things about their own Revolutionary War, some stuff about their own Civil War, and as you move toward the present day, less and less. How many Yanks know how Marcos seized power in the Philippines, for example?
Exactly! Every time I took history in high school and middle school it was the same old plan. Most of the class is spent on the first 100 years, with just a small amount of time on the last 100 years.
You would think with so many of the teacher at my time being from the Vietnam War area they would want to talk about it, but evidently not.
Before we teach them that, we should teach kids more geography, so they can locate Germany on a map, and know that not everybody there lives in an alpine lodge. I don't know how people can possibly be so stupid. They know jack shit about history, they can't find Andorra on a map, and they find reality TV entertaining.
Posted: 2003-01-16 03:26pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Can't... stop... laughing!
Posted: 2003-01-16 03:29pm
by Knife
Ted wrote:Darth Wong wrote:Sorry, I should have added "in public school". Every American seems to know all sorts of things about their own Revolutionary War.
Actually, one major battle was banned from their history books.
The battle of Penobscot Bay, in which 43 American ships were burned or captured.
By 6 British ships.
That was in my history book, you must be using the old American history book up there in Canada.

Posted: 2003-01-16 03:34pm
by TrailerParkJawa
Before we teach them that, we should teach kids more geography, so they can locate Germany on a map, and know that not everybody there lives in an alpine lodge. I don't know how people can possibly be so stupid. They know jack shit about history, they can't find Andorra on a map, and they find reality TV entertaining.
We need to teach them both. Problem with our education system is that no body is held to any standards. Any teacher that actually fails students usually ends up getting harassed by parents too weak to take care of their child.
I just slid through high school and while at the time I thought I was getting away with something, I realize it hurt me when I went to a University.