I agree that many people are geographically illiterate but that includes people outside of the US too. I’ve known lots of non Americans who had trouble locating other countries or foreign cities on a map. I’m kind of an anomaly, I have always been a map lover and interested in geography (my kids are too). I was also fortunate to have had…
I agree that many people are geographically illiterate but that includes people outside of the US too. I’ve known lots of non Americans who had trouble locating other countries or foreign cities on a map. I’m kind of an anomaly, I have always been a map lover and interested in geography (my kids are too). I was also fortunate to have had a third grade teacher who taught us the names of the Canadian provinces and so I’ve known their names and locations since I was a child. But lots of people don’t seem to know or care about other parts of the world. If it doesn’t affect them, why bother to learn about it? This seems to be the prevailing attitude.
Things like grammar, geography, and so on ... can be argued to be 'nonessential' like certain businesses were during the height of the C19 terrorism campaign. Although not clearly defined these days, there once was in America a standard education deemed to be the bare essential for getting along in life, being able to communicate and understand things on a basic level. 'They' threw this all out and now look where we are.
The Empire of Lies may as well be called The Stupid Empire. And that is how I think the rest of the non-Western World Monstrosity views us ... at least the thinking portion.
I agree that many people are geographically illiterate but that includes people outside of the US too. I’ve known lots of non Americans who had trouble locating other countries or foreign cities on a map. I’m kind of an anomaly, I have always been a map lover and interested in geography (my kids are too). I was also fortunate to have had a third grade teacher who taught us the names of the Canadian provinces and so I’ve known their names and locations since I was a child. But lots of people don’t seem to know or care about other parts of the world. If it doesn’t affect them, why bother to learn about it? This seems to be the prevailing attitude.
Things like grammar, geography, and so on ... can be argued to be 'nonessential' like certain businesses were during the height of the C19 terrorism campaign. Although not clearly defined these days, there once was in America a standard education deemed to be the bare essential for getting along in life, being able to communicate and understand things on a basic level. 'They' threw this all out and now look where we are.
The Empire of Lies may as well be called The Stupid Empire. And that is how I think the rest of the non-Western World Monstrosity views us ... at least the thinking portion.
Yes things have certainly gone downhill as far as expectations and general knowledge 😕