[quote]One in five British children cannot find the UK on a map of the world, a magazine’s research suggests.
National Geographic Kids said it also found fewer than two thirds of children were able to correctly locate the US.
The magazine, which questioned more than 1,000 six to 14-year-olds, said it found several London children did not know they lived in England’s capital. [/quote]
Wow…when America sneezes the UK really does get a cold. I’m a bit surprised the BBC posted the results
When I was living in the UK last year this was the typical tripe that filled the airwaves and newspapers on slow news days… if not this, then it was something about global warming, annoying laws of the nanny state, ASBO’s… etc.
Who cares! 1 in 5 pupils are probably the ones who will drive trucks, pour cement, work installing roofing anyway. All that this story suggests to me is that the UK has too many bored reporters and not enough problems to cover: lucky them! Maybe they need a few disasters over there, or something, to wake everyone up a bit.
Usually people don’t want to hear about illeteracy around the world. 1 out of 5 is pretty important and show a gap in education. But I don’t think it’s a problem only in UK, make that Europe and the Americas. It is a serious problem imo and hopefully one that can be remedy with proper eucation systems.
[quote]One in five British children cannot find the UK on a map of the world, a magazine’s research suggests.
National Geographic Kids said it also found fewer than two thirds of children were able to correctly locate the US.
The magazine, which questioned more than 1,000 six to 14-year-olds, said it found several London children did not know they lived in England’s capital. [/quote]
Wow…when America sneezes the UK really does get a cold. I’m a bit surprised the BBC posted the results [/quote]
why are you?
according to the know it all on here, the beeb is governed by homosexuals, so why would they care about kids and their prowesses, or lack of??
Now mr igorveni, before I hijacked the thread with my silliness I believe you were making a point about trying to reverse the trend?[/quote]
Yes i was Mr Armani! yes i was!
[quote]What kind of ridiculous study is this? They lumped 6-year olds together with 14-year olds and expect the aggregate score to make sense?!
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It is a stupid study regarding this age range.
ASBO’s don’t work, the UK is a nanny state and there are plenty of annoying laws.
True, society needs dimwits to carry out remedial work.
The government is already a disaster. The Prime Minister is mad and sees ghosts.
[quote]All that this story suggests to me is that the UK has too many bored reporters and not enough problems to cover: lucky them!
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Maybe so, but it does not escape the fact that the UK educational system is a complete mess at the moment.
I have a couple of friends at home who are teachers - one landed a job recently at a high school and quit because the discipline in schools is so shoddy. He feels that he is wasting his time with kids who don’t want to learn.
There is no discipline because teachers face legal action if they disciplinbe kids. Detention is not allowed and children have the right not to do work.
In one class my friend was observing, the teacher asked a student to read out alloud. As the student started reading, one of the kids shouted “Shut up you fat bint, we don’t want to hear you read.”
The teacher just said “now, Clint, that’s not a very nice thing to say.”
Things are too PC. Students rule over the teachers who have very limited control over the classes. The teachers are scared to tell students off and students who want to learn can not because the majority of the other students are disruptive in class.
The softly softly approach isn’t working, either in crime or education.
(Cue Ralphy about me criticisng America or something…)
I have to give you credit Dangerboy; you didn’t blame the U.S. for this one. To be fair I think these stats like these are all pretty lame I just wanted to get a raise out DM……didn’t work
“Excuse me, I’m doing a survey for the National Geographic Society, can I ask you a few questions?”
“Go f… wait a minute, you guys still do topless photos? Cause I used to whack off to Mali and Mauritania.”
“No, it’s considered racist now. So…first question. Where on this map is the United Kingdom?”
“You’re shittin’ me, right?”
“No, really. That’s the first question.”
“You really lost, Holmes.”
“It’s a stupid question, I know. But I gotta ask it.”
“Wait a minute, is this some kind of trick? Cause da map is not da territory? Or the United Kingdom be a conceptual abstraction, shit like that? Or does this have to do with devolution and the Scottish parliament and shit?”
“I’ll put you down as ‘don’t know.’”
“That chill. National Geographic need more funding.”
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