Most American young people can't find Iraq on a map, even though U.S. troops have been there for more than three years, according to a new geographic literacy study released on Tuesday.
Fewer than 4 in 10 Americans aged 18-24 in a survey could place Iraq on an unlabeled map of the Middle East, a study conducted for National Geographic found. Only about one-quarter of respondents could find Iran and Israel on the same map.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Disorientation
Oh, that's okay. 40% isn't yet cutting into the investor class.
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Doesn't surprise me a bit. I had lunch with a friend's niece last fall -- she's a sophmore in college -- we were talking about the war in Iraq and she said, "Oh...I thought that war was over."
Yes. A sophmore in college.
Wow. I just can't see how that's even possible in The Age of Media Assault. I mean, wouldn't one at least find out accidentally that there's a war in Iraq?
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