Posted on 11/15/2023 1:06:55 PM PST by DallasBiff
A woman said she was shocked to discover that Alaska is not an island and that it's possible to drive to it during a conversation with her Canadian boyfriend. z,pz. In the video posted on October 26, TikToker Sabriena Abrre asked people not to call her a "stupid American" as she admitted her mistake. "Everybody knows that Alaska is cold," she said. "But did I know that it was connected by land? No. I did not know that."
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They probably think that Alaska is connected to the rest of North America by the “bridge to nowhere”.
;-)
Schools do. I guess this woman never looked at a map or globe.
It was quite a surprise for both of them. I have not been surprised about people's lack of knowledge about the world around them since then. Somewhat disappointed, but no longer surprised.
A few years ago, I was talking with a group of 20 5-6th grade students at our church. They all attended public school. I told them our church supported missionaries on 6 of the 7 continents. The word “continent” confused them. Not a single kid could tell me what a continent is, let alone name a continent. I then pulled out a map of the US, and only one kid could locate our state (Illinois). Where are the Rocky Mountains? Not a clue. However, they sure knew it was wrong for me to put papers in a regular trash can instead of in a recycle bin.
Nailed it!
The stupid is strong in this one.
Years ago when I lived in CA I explained to some kids that I was born and raised in CT.
I asked them what states bordered CT.
Not one could name even one state.
Indeed!
“After listening to talk radio for a few days I figured that Americans are the dumbest people on the planet. Then I listened to sports talk radio for a few days, and I realized that Americans are actually the smartest people in the world … but they’re smart about things that aren’t important.”
If it’s TikTok, odds are it’s staged.
I disagree. There are many people this stupid. They are called Democrat voters.
My total time in school was 1990-2004, it was always social studies.
Do they still make physical globes, anymore?
No excuse for public school.
I’d watch the private schools closely too.
this is completely believable and it’s been like this for awhile. Back in the day Jay Leno did “Jay Walks” where general questions were asked, no one knew a damned thing. My old country school education answered them all. America has a real bad “stupid” problem and it isn’t going to get better.
“What is the Constitution of the United States?”
I bet she is fluent in preferred pronouns and gender ideology.
Oh. Now I get it. I’d never thought of Alaska being perceived as an island.
It looks a lot smaller than Texas, too.
... and to breed.
I guess she never heard of the Isthmus of Alaska which connects it to Canada? /S
“She was thinking of Australia”
Well they do both start with an “A” so she has that going for her! ;-)
We had a mid-level exec at a cell phone company yelling at us because our shipping software sent a couple of cell phones 2nd Day Air to Puerto Rico. He thought they should have gone Ground to save money.
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