26% of Americans don't know who we declared independence from
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[QUOTE=Swilly;23165541]They're not, they just don't care.[/QUOTE]
Willful ignorance IS stupidity. Having little capacity to learn is not nearly as bad as being good at it and turning down knowledge.
[QUOTE=Swilly;23165541]Also...26%...really? thats not that much...[/QUOTE]
1 in 4 Americans don't know who the US declared independence from, and you say that isn't much?
lol
Ban testers.
Lock USA.
Delete Earth.
Oh, [I][B]COME ON[/B][/I]! This is basic, [I]modern[/I] history.
It's the education system. Congress wastes money by pumping ever increasing rates into a system that is literally hemorrhaging money. Incompetent teachers, lousy textbooks, zero-tolerance policies...
Call me paranoid, but I think our future is boned.
Love how people are surprised at this, like this is breaking news. The U.S. Education system sucks, and the average person doesn't give a shit about history.
Best we can do is fix the system and hope the next generation isn't as smart as a bundle of fucking doorknobs.
[QUOTE=Heroms;23143926]American's being stupid is pretty old news.
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[URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE[/URL]
I blame the education though.
What's with all the boxes.
Oh I get it you're rating the American's in the video. :v:[/QUOTE]
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There's no real motivation to retain the info learned in school it seems. If you're a welder why the heck would you need to know who the fourteenth president was, or what George Washington did before he was president, or what a lobsterback is. All you do is weld.
[QUOTE=DanRatherman;23165969]Love how people are surprised at this, like this is breaking news. The U.S. Education system sucks, and the average person doesn't give a shit about history.
Best we can do is fix the system and hope the next generation isn't as smart as a bundle of fucking doorknobs.[/QUOTE]
And if they are we can get a bundle of doorknobs and beat them with it
In other news, 26% of Americans are illegal immigrants.
For all your mouthbreathers screaming about polls:
Look at Presidential approval polls, say.
[url]http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html[/url]
Notice how these have a similar pool of respondents (adults, likely voters, registered voters) as this phone poll and similar sample sizes (900-1802)?
You don't need a lot of people for a good poll.
[QUOTE=JDK721;23165900]1 in 4 Americans don't know who the US declared independence from, and you say that isn't much?
lol[/QUOTE]
It could be worse, thats all I'm trying to say.
And didn't South Park totally call that already?
And huh, now that you put it that way, it does seem a lot worse...damn you percentages!! >:o
I'm going to take a wild ass guess and say that at least some of them lied for shits and giggles.
They covered up Iraq. they dont want us to have there shit so they keep blowin it up.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;23143499]I know. France right?[/QUOTE]
good good good
now if we can pin imperial india on them we'll be set
We declared independence from them damn commies.
[QUOTE=uberdood15;23166033]There's no real motivation to retain the info learned in school it seems. If you're a welder why the heck would you need to know who the fourteenth president was, or what George Washington did before he was president, or what a lobsterback is. All you do is weld.[/QUOTE]
There are many reasons. Foremost, we are always faced with political change in America. Sometimes how things turn out depend on votes we make. Knowing our history prevents making mistakes made in the past. We are constantly being influenced by the media or general television, whether their influence is from an agenda or just is peripheral does not matter. Without proper knowledge, we can become badly influenced. People also get swept up in mass discrimination because they were ignorant of their past.
If you are not aware of what is going on around you and what has happened in the past, politicians or just about anyone will take advantage of that and sweep the rug from under your feet.
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