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by **anastasiaC** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:14 pm

oh dear.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

by **skyvet** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:28 pm

Oh dear indeed! And not one mention of wanting to travel the world helping people, and being nice to fluffy animals

by **GorillaGal** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:54 pm

anastasiaC wrote:oh dear.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

for god's sake!--she's a blond, and from the south to boot!

by **Filitsa** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:06 pm

The real answer is that national standards for the mastery of geography are in place in the U.S., but sadly the public education system is not meeting its goals and objectives because it's preoccupied with achieving GWB's "No Child Left Behind" criteria in the areas of reading and math - long story. In a nutshell, the U.S. public education system has acquired a "teach to the test" mentality, which requires "watering" down curricula to meet the needs of the increasing populace of special ed. and ESOL students. Now, do you really expect a 17-year-old girl to know this???