Tuesday, May 02, 2006

What are they teeching in skoolz?


Poll Shows Many Can't Find La. on Map: _ Six in 10 could not find Iraq on a map of the Middle East.
_ While the outsourcing of jobs to India has been a major U.S. business story, 47 percent could not find the Indian subcontinent on a map of Asia.
_ While Israeli-Palestinian strife has been in the news for the entire lives of the respondents, 75 percent were unable to locate Israel on a map of the Middle East.
_ 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. "

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