pam Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I certainly hope this doesn't represent the majority of our youth but this sampling is quite sad.Students Cannot Answer Basic Questions About America Independent Journal Review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Yeah, I'd really like to see a statistic of that. Because, a lot of my husband's generation of Americans that I have come in contact with are not politically "informed". I mean, simple things like... how the federal government comes up with a budget... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SquidMom Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 This is why I'm considering homeschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Those questions weren't even political in nature. They were basic questions regarding things we learn as we are growing up. Well except the question about the current VP. One of my favorites: Which countries border the US. Canada? Oh wait that's a state nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 What's the capital of Washington? Libya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Those questions weren't even political in nature. They were basic questions regarding things we learn as we are growing up. Well except the question about the current VP.One of my favorites: Which countries border the US. Canada? Oh wait that's a state nevermind.South America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 And to not be able to name the United States (which is where they live) as a country that starts with a "U." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SquidMom Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I always thought there were 50 stars on the flag...... Good thing they didn't ask about the stripes, too. one one of those kids may have had convulsions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I always thought there were 50 stars on the flag...... Good thing they didn't ask about the stripes, too. one one of those kids may have had convulsions. The question is...do YOU know the answer to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 The question is...do YOU know the answer to it? I have to admit, I can't remember what the capital of Washington is. I just knew it wasn't Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 The question is...do YOU know the answer to it? <Raising my hand high, and saying "I know! I know!">13 stripes for the original 13 colonies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I have to admit, I can't remember what the capital of Washington is. I just knew it wasn't Seattle. But do you know how many stripes are on the US flag? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 We could start having an American history trivia game here. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 But do you know how many stripes are on the US flag? :)That I knew.Here's the trivia... Can you name all of them?LET ME TRY! No googling....New YorkNew JerseyPennsylvaniaVirginiaNew HampshireMarylandDelawareConnecticutCarolinas (were they already North and South then?)GeorgiaMassachussetsDarn... I can't remember all of them. FAIL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 That I knew.Here's the trivia... Can you name all of them?LET ME TRY! No googling....New YorkNew JerseyPennsylvaniaVirginiaNew HampshireMarylandDelawareConnecticutCarolinas (were they already North and South then?)GeorgiaMassachussetsDarn... I can't remember all of them. FAIL.I KNOW I KNOW!! RHODE ISLAND!!!!So, Carolinas must have been split to North and South... that makes 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I know Maryland and Rhode Island were 2 of them. Now you are asking me to remember things so long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Okay, Trivia... Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Oh wait..you did say Maryland. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Francis Scott Key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Francis Scott KeyWhat war was going on when he wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 What war was going on when he wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"?The War of 1812. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 War of 1812 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Everything I need to know about American History, I learned from my Elementary music teacher. "Fifty nifty united states, and 13 original colonies. . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Dang..Dravin beat me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 What 4 Presidents' faces are chiseled on Mt. Rushmore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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