Are Americans really this stupid?

[Anonymous]

Also moved other subjects to afterclass. Had to do it after school or outside of school. Thus conflicted with other things like sports or working.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes.

When I moved here from Pittsburgh for a job, I told my new DC & MD colleagues at work that I was from PA.

What part? Pittsburgh.

Oh cool, I know someone from Philly...maybe you know them...their name is XYZ.

Seriously.

To be fair that's a lot of P-words to keep track of.

lol...it really is. Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.
It's too much.
Why do we need to know them all anyway?
My brain can't take it.

Harrisburg, the State capital, is between them. Most people know about Harrisburg because of TMI. You know, the city that doesn't exist because it was completely leveled in the 1970s.

Altoona!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s almost like the Department of Education hasn’t been helpful.

It's almost like DOE doesn't produce curriculum. Oh wait, they don't. That's not their job.

So, PP hasn’t read DOE’s mission. It’s more than just “curriculum.”

Oceans and US presidents are part of each state’s curriculum. All these facts mentioned are part of the average curriculum. I don’t know why people don’t know these basic things. Are they a measure of intelligence? Or, evidence of a fine mind? I don’t know. It does appear that we have been going downhill since DOE was established. Correlation? Causation?

DOE is not involved in curriculum or tests, at all. You may as well say "My hair is getting gray and also gray paint is in style. Causation?"

Most people cannot list all the oceans and seas, and that's not new. Most people cannot list all the US presidents, and that's not new either. In both categories, most people can name "the big ones" only. OP described somebody who didn't know one of the big ones, and yes that's a little shocking but it can't really be generalized nor is it the end of the world.

These things are state curricula and tests already. You are correct; DOE doesn’t have a say in those specifics but it doesn’t matter because they are already there. DOE’s mission, in part, is to keep the US education system strong. If none these lapses discussed in this thread are new or important, then what’s the point on this thread?

For is toast. It’s going to get DOGE’d.

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Anonymous wrote:There are small slivers of US society on the East and West coasts that are highly educated, well travelled and have a nuanced understanding of the world outside of the USA.

Then there are swathes of morons populating the rest of the country who don't have passports, have never studied a map and have a very poor reading and math ability. Most of the country, this group.

What would you call well traveled?

Lol

Only travel liberal eat coast, west coast and int’l capital cities= DCUM DC well traveled.

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Anonymous wrote:If you've ever worked with the American public, you know there is a large percentage of people who are morons.

Keep writing PP, keep writing. Tell us more.

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Anonymous wrote:I was out in public yesterday and overheard the following conversation:

Woman 1: “I’ve made a New Year’s resolution to get out more. I am going to Boston and then to Rhode Island to see the ocean. Is it the Pacific that’s there?”

Woman 2: “I have no idea.”

There’s no hope!

Yes

Voters who voted for Bobo and MTG and Gosar . Come on I don’t care if you always vote party line that says you are stupid .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was out in public yesterday and overheard the following conversation:

Woman 1: “I’ve made a New Year’s resolution to get out more. I am going to Boston and then to Rhode Island to see the ocean. Is it the Pacific that’s there?”

Woman 2: “I have no idea.”

There’s no hope!

There are like 20-30 oceans out there. How are people supposed to keep them all straight?

[Anonymous]

Of course many Americans are this stupid.

Just look how many voted for Harris / Walz.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Americans are obviously that stupid, as you just witnessed.