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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please stop responding to this thread.  It's just a stupid attempt to attack on female Democrats.  Don't feed the troll.[/quote]

It’s an honest thread...the data is there.

It shows how uneducated people are.  An the fact most college educated cannot point to Iran is even more disturbing.  I fully get some backwoods inbred - but a “college” educated person?

Honestly I know enlisted military members with more geopolitical knowledge of the region than I do college educated armchair politicians.  [/quote]

I was just recently at USMA and asked if a statue near the library in a corner was General Patton (the sign had been hidden by shrubbery and thought it was but sought verification). There are only 2 statues on that campus that I saw and one is General Eisenhower that presides over Eisenhower plaza in a very central location. The cadet had just finished practicing drills on Eisenhower plaza. He answered that he thought that statue in the corner was Eisenhower. We pointed out that the central statue was Eisenhower and he said he thought we were wrong. These two men do not look anything alike and knowing that the entire field is called Eisenhower plaza should tell you that the statue directly in the center would be of him. Then we were on a bus asking about the historic chapel (largest building on campus with a huge spire overhead and a cadet said he wasn't sure where it was. So no I don't think cadets know more about geography than your average DMV resident that has to navigate all of this traffic and deal with people from all over the world. Resident of the US - sure we have many barely literate people in red and blue states. It's unfortunate that republicans are scared of universities in the US  because this is a huge problem I see happening to America. Forget about other countries. We have our own educational problems right here in the US.[/quote]

Interesting, and not surprising upon reflection. [b]If you always have someone telling you information, you never have to retain it yourself.[/b] Agree education system needs revitalization. Even something as simple as knowing how to read a map or navigate terrain and look for context clues, that should be taught. Teachers aren’t the same,  either are institutions. But the military service members. They should absolutely learn a sense of direction. Coming in like this as fresh cadets yes, that is concerning.[/quote]

Exactly my point with technology![/quote]

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