So I read an article a while ago but have finally gotten around to sharing it with you all. A poll conducted for the National Geographic revealed that 18 to 24 year olds have learned little about Geography and are not aware of themselves as part of a global community. Well, maybe they are aware that they are a part of a global community but like living in LA, they don't’ care to learn anything about their neighbors.
A randomly selected group of 18 to 24 year olds were asked to do or answer the following:
Locate Louisiana and Mississippi on a map.
Do you think that it is important to know the location of countries in the news and is speaking another language a necessary skill?
Where was the earthquake in October 2005 that killed 70,000 people located?
Locate the Indian subcontinent on a map.
Locate Iraq on a map of the Middle East.
Locate Israel on a map of the Middle East.
What is the most widely spoken native language?
What is the most heavily fortified border in the world?
How many would you have fared well in the poll? I’ll be the first to admit that I would not have gotten 100%. I would have been able to answer 5 of the 6 geography questions correctly. I didn’t know that language question and my answers were the opposite to the majority of the people polled for the second question.
If you want to read the statistics on how the high school students did, read the article here. It is interesting reading. The results for the first challenge – Locate Louisiana and Mississippi on a map? One-third of the respondents couldn’t locate Louisiana and 48% percent couldn’t locate Mississippi.
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