Question
"Recent Poles have shown that a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S on a world map. Why do you think this is?"
First of all, this question seems very elementary and trivial to me, VERY trivial as a matter of fact. Now let me attempt to analyze this seemingly frivolous brain buster.
"Recent poles" - So the question is based on some form of a fact, though we may not be cognizant of the specifics behind the polling done.
"A 1/5th of Americans" - So are we including immigrants, green card holders, people who were born and grew up in America? America's population is roughly 300 million. 300 million multiplied by 1/5 equals 60 million.
So it can be inferred from the above statement that approximately 60 million Americans(possibly including immigrants) cannot locate the U.S on a world map.
Say this is a couple times;
"60 million Americans cannot locate the U.S on a world map"
(Keep going)
(mmm hmmm... dont stop yet)
(let it marinate for a while)
Now that we've grasped that premise. Lets take apart some keys parts of miss South Carolina's response.
(I am tempted to 'abort mission' as this is really pointless.. Did you really say some Americans don't have maps!?!?)
"I personally believe" First of all, if you're gonna say you "believe" something, its assumed and understood that this is your view - "personal" view. Maybe she used redundancy to accentuate her following point:
Now, the rest of what she said is kind of hard to unscramble. Seriously, here was my valiant attempt to decode it,
"I believe our education, uh... such as South Africa, and Iraq, everywhere like, such as and.. I believe they should.. Our education over here should help the U.S"
What are you really talking about here!?!?!?!?!?!
It must be tough being on stage, being in the hot seat in front of thousands of people. However, you signed up for it, you were trained for it (I assume) and you certainly put on the gown and make up for it.
I just don't think you had the uhhh.... head space? brain? No, thats harsh, you didn't have the composure for it.
I have one question for you
Miss teen USA - South Carolina,
DO YOU HAVE A MAP?
DO YOU HAVE A MAP?
4 comments:
it actually hurt my heart to watch that entire video. anything nice you could possibly say to justify the sheer stupidity of that poor girl would actually offend me. WTF?!?! An answer to the question "what did you have for breakfast?" would have sounded more intelligent and refined. GOODNESS!!! ....what was she even talking about?!?!? LOL....i need to stop...i could probably say worse things about her....and that would be wrong....BUT REALLY????? SOUTH AFRICA?? IRAQ?!?!?!
I agree with Anon. I can't even watch the clip. But, as she fits the much loved US stereotype, if she puts a positive spin on this, she can ride the wave all the way to the bank. Endorsements, reality shows, etc. Sadly, we may not have heard the last of her (and her kind). Tee hee...also begs to wonder if she has seen a map...
Three letters. WTF. Still, she represents California.
Maybe she was high.
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