I could tell you where Tehran is, failmitter

As if most U.S. high school students could do better.

What the hell is a Teheran?

/product of American public school system

As a member of the by-default* small cadre of How Do We Extract Ourselves?" we're ignoring the broader conflict.

*That means not only realizing that they are human, but have an incredibly long and rich cultural history that they are not just willing to sacrifice for some Arabs...

I think we should send more maps to places like such as the sweden

+1 subby

Kome: What the hell is a Teheran?

The way one spells Tehran in Swedish.

Bathia_Mapes: As if most U.S. high school students could do better.

Sadly you are correct. Today we pass kids who can't even spell their own name, much less anything else.

/Came from a time where diplomas were not passed out like candy on Halloween

Lets ask Some Swedish Girl if she knows where it is.

What's Sweden? You mean the ice cream place? It's spelled Swensen's, dumbass.

daneurysm: I could tell you where Tehran is, failmitter

OR you could RTFA

As an educated U.S. American I can tell you that Tehran is in Iran and Kuwait is in the Iraq

Sadly, they'll figure it out once Americans start dropping democracy bombs there.

fewer americans know, i'm sure... hell, our president doesn't even know there's a difference between iraq and iran

What do you mean "Swedish?" Either it's Swed or it isn't.

I didn't know either - because I didn't care

Thank you, submitter, for making me find out it was Iran

/I wonder what precious knowledge my brain had to delete to fit that in...

+1 for that headline subby

Trance750:
Sadly you are correct. Today we pass kids who can't even spell their own name, much less anything else.


I wonder, Trance, if you are not simply buying into the hype? Students that I associated with have always been rather smart and knowledgeable, just distracted by miscellaneous concerns. Public schools are often dismissed offhand as ineffective and in a poor state, yet every one I attended has done a good job of educating it's students. In 7 years of public school attendance in the states, I have only known one teacher who was actually a failure.

clod9: fewer americans know, i'm sure... hell, our president doesn't even know there's a difference between iraq and iran

Iraq is where you go to get blowed up.
Iran is a badass song by Flock of Seagulls.

When the foeman bares his steel,
Tehran, Iran! Tehran, Iran!
We uncomfortable feel,
Tehran, Iran!
And we find the wisest thing,
Tehran, Iran! Tehran, Iran!
Is to slap our chests and sing,
Tehran, Iran!

And I ran, I ran so far away . . .

TFA: More than 68 percent responded that they do no know where the European Union has its headquarters, 75 percent could not place Teheran in Iran and 96 percent could not name two Swedish national parks.

You'd be hard pressed to find a U.S. high school student who could PLACE Teheran on a map of Iran, not to mention name the country the EU headquarters is in. For that matter you'd have a hard time finding a U.S. high school student who could place their own state capitol on a map or know the country the U.N. headquarters is in.

/have no idea where any Swedish national parks are

I loved looking at maps as a kid. Later I started reading travel and adventure stories like Thor Heyerdahl's journeys or Jacques Cousteau. I enjoyed looking at copies of National Geographic. Althoug I preferred to study history over geography at university, I had to find out where those events happened. A few years later Google Earth came along and I had the world on my computer.

Why isn't there a sense of inquiry or even adventure about the world around us in general? People just seem so insular about it.

Wait, what country is Sweden in?

This thread needs more pictures of Swedish high school students.

Here's a hint:

"I raaaan . . . I ran so far awaaaaaaay . . ."



/link and pic pop
//Not a Rickroll
///Not much better than a Rickroll, either

PenguinTheRed:
You'd be hard pressed to find a U.S. high school student who could PLACE Teheran on a map of Iran, not to mention name the country the EU headquarters is in. For that matter you'd have a hard time finding a U.S. high school student who could place their own state capitolcapital on a map or know the country the U.N. headquarters is in.

/have no idea where any Swedish national parks are

Fixed that for you, my good man. Unless you mean to say high school students can't place their particular capitol buildings on a map, in which case I'd be inclined to agree.

4NSpy: Wait, what country is Sweden in?

Scandanavia



/What?

thisispete:
Why isn't there a sense of inquiry or even adventure about the world around us in general? People just seem so insular about it.

I hear ya, brother. I was the same way growing up, and it also continued in the university setting by taking history/geography courses. I've always had this way of seeing the world as a place of adventure and a need to just go out! Often I find myself jealous of people like Ledyard or Lewis & Clark, but not many people seem to understand.

Wait, I thought only Americans were stupid??
That's what Jay Leno implies anyways.
Not that I watch that show.

Bathia_Mapes: As if most U.S. high school students could do better.

I was just about to say the same thing.

I guarantee that maybe 20% of my graduating class (2003, mind you) could find Tehran on a map today. I'm also pretty confident that around 50% of those same people I graduated with, couldn't point to Iran on a map if you told them it was in the middle east. They'd probably point to somewhere in Africa.

Born to Die 2008-04-27 01:04:45 AM
When the foeman bares his steel,
Tehran, Iran! Tehran, Iran!
We uncomfortable feel,
Tehran, Iran!
And we find the wisest thing,
Tehran, Iran! Tehran, Iran!
Is to slap our chests and sing,
Tehran, Iran!


Now THAT was a good one! Wonder how many Farkers will recognize from whence it comes?

Teh ran is teh suxxor

Sandwyrm

Public schools are often dismissed offhand as ineffective and in a poor state, yet every one I attended has done a good job of educating it's students. In 7 years of public school attendance in the states, I have only known one teacher who was actually a failure.

It varies, and widely. I've attended public schools in different states (private schools as well), and the difference is like night and day. For example, Jenks HS in (near) Tulsa, OK was an exceptional public school. If you didn't study, you could count on bad grades (mine were mediocre because I blew off 90% of my homework). The teachers were mostly good, and the curriculum was challenging and fairly up to date. Then I moved to Texas and went to Cy-Fair HS for a couple of semesters. I skipped 37 days one semester (I was working 50 hrs a week) and got a 4.0. Did I learn anything? Nope, but my grades were great.

As for teachers that are failures, that can be interpreted different ways as well. I was pissed off when I heard my old algebra teacher was voted "teacher of the year" for the entire state of Oklahoma. Of course kids passed his class with flying colors. All the students had access to the farking teacher's edition of the textbooks. What's a 12 year old going to do? The answer is 'badly in algebra 2.'

/25% is probably better than our numbers here in the US

People, this thread is about Swedish high school students, not farking how to spell Teheran. Let's get some photos posted, pronto!

Why the heck should anyone have the location of Teheran or Tehran memorized? What's there? Nothing I've ever heard of. It's in a completely different hemisphere from my own filled with people who are alien, surrounded by cities with names that sound very similar. Do you know what country Apalachicola is in? NO?!? shame shame.

There are around 195 countries in the world, each with their own capitals, subdivided into smaller regions within each country, often with subcapitals, which are sometimes subdivided even further with smaller capitals. In the United States alone, there are 19,355 cities that are incorporated.

Just now I googled Teheran and discovered it to be the capital of Iran, so what. That still doesn't mean I should have heard of it, who the hell memorizes the capitals of all the countries in the world?

FinalCountdown: Fixed that for you, my good man. Unless you mean to say high school students can't place their particular capitol buildings on a map, in which case I'd be inclined to agree.

Forgive me, I've been drinking. Also I'm stupid.

Iran - isn't that Persian for "Aryan"?

You know who else wanted an Aryan country?

SirFire: Just now I googled Teheran and discovered it to be the capital of Iran, so what. That still doesn't mean I should have heard of it, who the hell memorizes the capitals of all the countries in the world?

Get out much? There are a few cities that should ring bells in the head... Teheran, Baghdad, London, Bishkek, Natchitoches, Buda, etc.

Jon Snow: As a member of the by-default* small cadre of How Do We Extract Ourselves?" we're ignoring the broader conflict.

*That means not only realizing that they are human, but have an incredibly long and rich cultural history that they are not just willing to sacrifice for some Arabs...

Umm as a human....I get it. I would rather not get into conflicts unless I end them. And WOW I just can't snap my fingers and make that happen. We're in it, we COULD have finished it the first time, but didn't. That's what we get for not finishing the job. Iran? Saudi Arabia? I think this is just another cold war in my opinion. Let Ackhackminniwadjab talk his shiat. I don't hate Iranian people. I don't hate Chinese either. What I can't stand is some of their opression of their own. And people get on Bush and Gore....or any line of others? Jesus Christ.......

The difference between these students and US students, is that these students dont know where Tehran is, whereas a US student probably couldnt name the capital of more than 2 countries, other than their own.

SirFire: Why the heck should anyone have the location of Teheran or Tehran memorized? What's there?


Never admit you're a dumbass on FARK. Dumbass.

Anagrammer: Iran - isn't that Persian for "Aryan"?

You know who else wanted an Aryan country?

hmmmm!

SirFire: Why the heck should anyone have the location of Teheran or Tehran memorized? What's there? Nothing I've ever heard of. It's in a completely different hemisphere from my own filled with people who are alien, surrounded by cities with names that sound very similar. Do you know what country Apalachicola is in? NO?!? shame shame.

There are around 195 countries in the world, each with their own capitals, subdivided into smaller regions within each country, often with subcapitals, which are sometimes subdivided even further with smaller capitals. In the United States alone, there are 19,355 cities that are incorporated.

Just now I googled Teheran and discovered it to be the capital of Iran, so what. That still doesn't mean I should have heard of it, who the hell memorizes the capitals of all the countries in the world?

Well, I do, but I'm weird.

/has a hard time forgetting things.

SirFire: Why the heck should anyone have the location of Teheran or Tehran memorized?

In case you get promoted to GLG20 for a secret mission.

SirFire: Why the heck should anyone have the location of Teheran or Tehran memorized? What's there? Nothing I've ever heard of.

It's the location of the world's largest glass parking lot!

What's that? Oh . . .

Sorry, that's not scheduled to built in Tehran until later . . .

Anagrammer: SirFire: Why the heck should anyone have the location of Teheran or Tehran memorized? What's there? Nothing I've ever heard of.

It's the location of the world's largest glass parking lot!

What's that? Oh . . .

Sorry, that's not scheduled to built in Tehran until later . . .

Vogons?

samimgreen: Anagrammer: SirFire: Why the heck should anyone have the location of Teheran or Tehran memorized? What's there? Nothing I've ever heard of.

It's the location of the world's largest glass parking lot!

What's that? Oh . . .

Sorry, that's not scheduled to built in Tehran until later . . .

Vogons?

No, they replace the glass parking lot with an interspace bypass.


/Not that I can be bothered to take an interest in local affairs

DeRosso:
/I wonder what precious knowledge my brain had to delete to fit that in...

You can no longer drive.