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Originally Posted by Daniel Prates
I once saw this video, where random people in the streets (americans) are questioned about some basic geography questions. I still remember the funniest answers. Such as "yugoslavia" being a country that starst with the letter U.
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Is the random Brazilian better informed? Does anybody even ask the average Brazilian these kinds of questions? Does anybody even care?
It's easy to pick a target and make fun of them, and in this case it's true - the average American is woefully undereducated about the rest of the world. But videos show that so is the average Briton. I've never seen a video asking the average Frenchman these questions. Perhaps their afraid of what they'll find. Or perhaps they exist, but don't get shown where I live.
So I agree, you're right about our education, but you're wrong to make fun of it or single us out unless you have videos showing the average Brazilian is that much better.