Well, I'm American....this discussion, however, does not offend me...its quite true
It almost made me cry yesterday when a fellow student tried to tell me that the slavic bosians who were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire wanted to join with the other balkan slavs and ally with SIBERIA...not serbia....this person was quite convinced...
About a year ago there was a poll on one of the major news networks, cnn i think, where they asked americans random geogrpahy questions. Around 30% could locate the last survivor show location on a world map, but only 12% could locate the U.S. This whole business makes me ill...to undertsnad history, news, or the weather you need to know geograhy. Personlly, i think U.S schools put too much emphasis on reading and math,; they neglect history, geography and langauge.