Why are so many US americans extremely ignorant about other societies?

[Sister Twister]

6 minutes ago, Dove said:

That sounds like a movie I saw...😁

Or 'Out of Africa ' perhaps that's what was going on lol

[dove]

14 minutes ago, Maria Keerie said:

Or 'Out of Africa ' perhaps that's what was going on lol

Think I combined it with Somewhere in Time and Out of Africa..saw them both..😄

 

think we're Out of Topic..🙃

Edited January 7, 2021 by Dove

[Brandon]

7 minutes ago, Dove said:

think we're out of topic

You can join my Telegram group and then the subject can go in any direction you want 

[Qapla]

I have had people tell me they are from South America rather than name a particular country.

 

I have also found people who think Panama is part of South America. Likewise, many people do not seem to realize that Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama are part of North America.

 

And this is not confined to people from the USA.

 

[Sister Twister]

57 minutes ago, Brandon said:

You can join my Telegram group and then the subject can go in any direction you want 

@Dove do join the group can go totally off topic on there 

[Sister Twister]

19 hours ago, Sheep said:

Greenland, eh? I flew over it once. It looked about like this...

 

 

Yeah. Looks green to me.

pretty but not Green

[dove]

22 minutes ago, Maria Keerie said:

@Dove do join the group can go totally off topic on there 

Where is it and how to join..

[Sister Twister]

@Brandon a new recruit !!  

 

we have some fun chats x

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, Dove said:

Where is it and how to join..

I’ll DM you

[Sister Twister]

@Dove  Brandon said if you download the Telegram app , he can invite you to the JW group x 

[Thesauron]

You can join my Telegram group and then the subject can go in any direction you want 

But it is also good to keep this QfR in mind:

https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&docid=2021327&par=0

[Brandon]

8 minutes ago, Thesauron said:

But it is also good to keep this QfR in mind:

https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&docid=2021327&par=0

Those are good reminders! I’m fortunate that the group is still fairly small and manageable. I don’t what I’d do if it ever got to the “hundreds or thousands” of members it mentions in the article 😱

Edited January 8, 2021 by Brandon

[Cushi]

The honest answer is because many US Americans are conditioned to believe that the world revolves around them so education about other countries and continents isn’t really stressed as much as US or state history.

[Lasheagilbert]

What a pretty name , iv never heard it before .

Thank you very much. I have finally after 41 yrs come to actually not mind my name. I don’t get confused with other people that’s for sure LOL


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[Lasheagilbert]

I would have totally pronounced it as law-shay-uh if you hadn't said anything. I'm sorry.

LOL no need to apologize. That’s good compared to some peoples way to say it


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[Wanda Hill]

On 1/7/2021 at 7:26 AM, GodlyDevotion said:

 

How many times have you heard Burkina Faso? 

When I first began to study, about 28 years ago, my Bible teacher was friends with and introduced me to a couple that were missionaries in Burkina Faso..so, yep, my ears perk up when I hear the name..I often wonder if they are still there..hmmm, I'll have to ask..

[pnutts]

On 1/6/2021 at 11:28 PM, Hope said:

know where Ontario is but not as familiar with Saskatchewan and Manitoba. But I know they're in Canada. And that *is* one country

West Coast east, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfie -err Newfoundland-Labrador then up north are the 3 territories which are similar to provinces.

[Katty]

To be fair to Americans, the US, is basically a federation of what amounts to 50 distinct countries.

In the US constitution it was stipulated that any law that wasn't made explicit in the constitution are laws that can be made by each state.
Also the US is such a big country much of the trade, agriculture, etc can be produced domestically. Domestic travel is far cheaper than international travel, and generally less of a headache, and being that there are so many places Americans can travel to with many terrains, there isn't much of an impetus to leave the country when going on holiday.
 

Of course, not all Americans are so ignorant. When it comes to Canada alone, I learned a good bit of the Geography. I know the maritime regions are the farthest east and include cities like Halifax and Charlottetown in Prince Edward island because I was a big fan of L.M. Montgomery's works. I also learned P.E. Island is where a lot of potatoes are produced. I know Quebec, and I believe New Brunswick are the two French speaking provinces. That while Montreal is the generally the better known city in Quebec, Quebec City has a super cool hotel made of ice. That Ottowa is the capital, in Ontario, but Toronto is the most populated city. That Alberta and British Columbia, to the West, are mountainous regions, that Vancouver in British Columbia is known for being "Hollywood North" for all the films made there, that the big cities in Alberta are Edmonton and Calgary, and that in the program 'Canada's Worst Driver', for some reason, quite a few were from Edmonton. That Winnipeg Manitoba is where the band Crash Test Dummies comes from.  I also used to watch a show called Corner Gas, which took place in Saskatchewan, and noticed how flat that terrain was. I believe it was actually filmed in Roulou.  I also know the band the Tragically Hip had several songs named after Canadian towns like Bobcaygeon. I also learned that Ontario was often where the Underground Railroad ended, due to the fact that what was then known as "Upper Canada", I believe, was the first region to free the slaves, even before Connecticut? in 1804.
Oh yes! and that the word Canada itself, possibly comes from the Iriquoan word meaning "Village" or "Settlement".

 

A lot this I know, though, because before I met my David, I used to talk to a Canadian guy. If we didn't get so acquanted I'd probably know a lot less about the area. I'd know that Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal were canadian cities, and about the Novia Scotia/P.E.I. cities I mentioned, but little else.
I mean, I have friends who used to only know about London in the U.K. who now can find, on a map the little town in the North of England where I am. It's a big world with a lot of geography to learn, and yeah, I get that Canada is the US's neighbor, but...so? For people in, say, Washington State, Indiana, or Vermont, I'd be shocked to find they knew little about Canada, being so close, but people in Florida, Mississippi, or Texas, yeah, it's kinda to be expected. I'm sure people in Texas, New Mexico, or Arizona will probably know more about Mexico than your average Canadian as well. Although the barrier to knowing more about Mexico is also a language barrier. I find media like books and TV programs are a good way to learn more about other countries, but since Mexicans speak Spanish, if you're not a fluent Spanish speaker, you don't really get access to that kind of media.

Edited January 12, 2021 by Katty

[Brandon]

13 minutes ago, Katty said:

the US is such a big country... Domestic travel is far cheaper than international travel... there isn't much of an impetus to leave the country when going on holiday.

Oh I get it. They live in a made-up bubble. I kinda figured.