You have to laugh (or you would cry).
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mmmm i think... mmmmmm she is frommmm South mmmm America
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Original clip. This one woman, obviously undereducated, didn't know much about geography, but the kids knew it.
The US does indeed have a poor educational system, but this clip doesn't reflect it as much as showing how some people will be willfully ignorant. I think it has more to do with filling your head with nonsense, rather than knowing something about the world. Some people have little curiosity about anything outside their neighborhood, it seems. I don't understand it. Since I was a kid I loved maps and stories about far away places. Jay Leno's man-on-the-street segments are funnier.
Euros on the otherhand can't turn around without tripping on another country. It's definitely a different mindset.
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I'm told that if you want to see stupid British people live on tv then tune into "Big Brother"!
http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/Personally I think it joins the rest of the tv soaps as "the opiate of the masses".
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This Bimbette was only ON The show in the first place because she is such an idiot. It makes for much better television to see some fluffhead look stupid in front of 50 million people and hope she wins $25K for charity. It's Entertainment! Why do you think that the "Jay Walking" segments on Leno are so funny? You notice they didn't ask Jeanne Kirkpactrick, or Madeline Albright to come on to play for their favorite charities.
It doens't reflect poorly on American Education . .but it doesn't say a whole lot for American Entertainment.
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@unknownuser said:
Why do you think that the "Jay Walking" segments on Leno are so funny?
Well, I find it surprising people don't know some things that seem quite common. It is just a surprise and that surprise is part of comedy. Then Jay leads them along and his expressions are funny. Sorry... I'm not ridiculing the people or putting them in a class etc. I'm sure he picks out the "best" ones. And the people are having fun talking to a celebrity.
As for what I think of American entertainment: I don't have a TV. I actually haven't seen that show for years.
But I do think education has been better. Especially here in California. You're right the TV segments don't prove anything on that score.
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My wife loves to watch Food Network. Some of the shows are entertaining but while walking past the TV tonight she was watching Iron Chef America. I kid you not, they did a slow motion "Instant Replay" of a guy scraping a piece of fish... Now where did I place my book?
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@unknownuser said:
I kid you not, they did a slow motion "Instant Replay" of a guy scraping a piece of fish.
I don't see what's wrong with that. He was just demonstrating the correct use of the Scale tool.
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I guess I would really be concerned if on "5Th Grader" the contestant dumps it on the first grade level and That person is a TEACHER.
Be afraid. . .be very afraid.
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I wouldnt name that stupidity....i would name it INDIFFERENCE...Why?
Maybe i'm not right but,for lot of time and still ,they think like this: If we are on a floating boat,everything is cool(so we dont care that Europe is a continent and France is in Europe not in Australia).
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