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Originally Posted by shakran
IMO the reason Americans are so bad at geography is the way it's taught in schools. Around 7th or 8th grade you take a geography class. You're given some time (usually a day or two, maybe a week) to memorize 10-20 countries. You're tested on them, and then it's never brought up again. It's the kind of quiz you can start studying for about 5 minutes before it's given, get the answers right, and then forget about them by lunch. Since it's never looked at again, why would anyone remember it?
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The real question is: Why would we need to?
Or so we are made to think. America (USA) has, for a very long time now, distanced it's self from the rest of the world. Why? Because we can. We have everything we need right here. Not true in most European countries. No wood, or no cheap wood to build a house in your country, go next door.
Think of the USA as being raised as an only child, and as such, we are different from the 'big families' you Europeans are used to.
We aren't bad people, but we have been brought up differently than you have.
Or such is my take on the issue.
