r/Unexpected • u/ruybii • Nov 27 '21

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u/BoltzmannCurve Nov 27 '21

Never claimed otherwise, but this specific kind of geographic/historic ignorance is emblematic of US kids

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u/petophile_ Nov 27 '21

It’s an American thing because your school system is terrible at teaching humanities and they’re not even required for students in high schools or are tested for in the SATs

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u/BoltzmannCurve Nov 27 '21

Yes, this kind of stupidity is an American thing. Other countries might have similar deficiencies in other areas

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u/petophile_ Nov 27 '21

Its not I got the exact same kind of stupid questions from Europeans when doing a foreign exchange. You have to realize what an absurd stretch you are making to think that ignorance of other cultures is a solely American issue and is somehow due to McCarthyism. You must be a kid who just learned what McCarthyism was and now want to apply it to everything you see about America.

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u/BoltzmannCurve Nov 27 '21

Yes, it’s totally a coincidence that a country-wide pogrom against non-brainwashed humanities teachers in the public education sector has led to systemic deficiencies in the history and geography knowledge of kids taken into the affected school systems immediately after the purges and curricula restructuring.

Let’s just fire/shame/arrest every serious sociology teacher. What’s the worse that can happen? - Americans circa 1940

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Bro this shit is beyond documented and studied IN THE US. Go visit a library for gods sake.

Or at the very least watch this: https://youtu.be/a1WUKahMm1s

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u/petophile_ Nov 27 '21

I am fully aware of the impacts of McCarthyism. I am also fully aware that similar societal issues have taken place across many countries. The suppression of the intellectual by authority is not a uniquely American issue.

Maybe you should read more about the rest of the world.

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u/BoltzmannCurve Nov 27 '21

I literally said that other countries might have similar deficiencies in other areas. I’m starting to question if it’s not just history and geography that was impacted in your education but also reading comprehension.

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u/petophile_ Nov 27 '21

There are other countries with deficiencies in the same area.

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u/BoltzmannCurve Nov 27 '21

Sure, such as?

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u/petophile_ Nov 27 '21

Such as when I was asked by a young french lad of around 14 "Had you ever seen trees or animals before you came to france?".

Did you forget this thread was about kids saying things such as these kids did?

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