probably just trying to be funny, tbh |
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Ok, here in Europe we hear a lot of times that americans suck, are dumb, rude, etc. I rejected that of course since I've never been there and I'm not fond of judging people that I don't know |
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probably just trying to be funny, tbh |
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Hey Lucy your not alone, some americans still think that all Canadians live in igloos lol |
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Well?... do you or do you not have icecream?! |
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"There are people who say there is no God, but what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views." ~Albert Einstein
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Because they came from Africa. Black are not "native" to North America. We brought them here to be our slave bitches. But anyway, "African American" is the most recent "politically correct" label for blacks. In the past they've been negro's, "colored people," etc. But apparently those were too offensive. |
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I really want some icecream, now |
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I live in South Africa. One of the largest "exporters" of slaves in the old days. |
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"There are people who say there is no God, but what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views." ~Albert Einstein
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You're bound to have your ignorant and/or stupid people in every country. I think one of the problems we might have in our education is that when we study "world history," we study what happened many, many years ago and not so much the state of the modern-day world. When some people think of a country that they may have learned something about, they often think of it in terms of history (wars, old political documents such as treaties or whatnot, etc.) |
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I had preconcieved notions of Europe before I started to travel there. I was under the impression that it was heavily industrialized and that it was all cities with little open land. |
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you must be the change you wish to see in the world...
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"There are people who say there is no God, but what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views." ~Albert Einstein
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we learn world history, but we have not done any recent history for any country. the farthest most teachers go is probably WW2 |
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just out of interest (and general shit stirring) how's america's role on WWII taught in schools? |
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Most of it is snow and uninhabitable but some of it has nice weather. |
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NeAvO's Nightly JourneysAdopted: Hazel AngelGirl ShadowsandTerrorhawkerCourtesy of GoldneyShoot for the moon, even if you miss it you will land among the stars.Originally Posted by Vex Kitten
That's just not fair! How come people from the US don't have to learn about other countries as much at school. I hate learning about other countries when I could be learning more about my own (not in a racist way, I'd just prefer to find out more about my own country than others - I find it more interesting). I just spent two solid terms at school syudying the Cuban missile crisis, communist Russia, and the American west. |
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Adopted Megabenman although he disappeared a while ago.
NeAvO's Nightly JourneysAdopted: Hazel AngelGirl ShadowsandTerrorhawkerCourtesy of GoldneyShoot for the moon, even if you miss it you will land among the stars.Originally Posted by Vex Kitten
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This is something funny I noticed. |
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If you really wanna see this topic subject for yourself, I'd suggest watching Talking to Americans with Rick Mercer. Very funny!! |
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we have highways. |
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In Oklahoma we call it "pop" not "soda." We also say "highways" not "freeways." And I don't know what that "pike" business is all about. Is that short for turnpike? |
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An Idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.
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Um, no, I'm afraid it's just regional vocabulary. My home town has several highways with 3-5 lanes, off ramps, and the works, and they are all known as "highways," whereas there is nothing that we call a freeway. |
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well usually in elementary-middle school students learn main stuff like reading and writing and math. there is so general teaching of history and science but nothing too in depth and usually it only pertains to american history (revolution and basic government stuff). i didn't take any kind of "european" history until sophomore year in high school, but of course at 13 i knew europe at electricity. |
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