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Originally Posted by polarpi
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I'm surprised that she changed her answer to: ""I would love to re-answer that question," Upton said. "Well personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our map. I don't know anyone else who doesn't. And if the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography.""
So she's basically saying, "I don't know anyone who doesn't know where the U.S. is on a map, but if that is true that some people don't know where it is, there should be more emphasis on geography"??
I kind of feel like that's still an empty answer. She could have easily turned that into an education platform. I know at least in the state of Texas there is so much emphasis on the state-administered exams, that courses not tested are often left ignored because schools concentrate heavily on prepping for those exams. The whole state-exam movement started when I was in elementary school where we were grilled every single day though junior high almost and based on things I've heard from friends and family who are in the Texas education system, it's only gotten worse.
Subjects like science, geography and physical education are often put in the planning books but the lessons are hardly executed because the schools are putting pressure on the teachers to go over the exam material over and over and over again for the sake of their school's scores.
But whatever... I guess this is the only state where that's an issue.
And I find it hard to believe that she only heard a couple of words of the question. There were like 10 words and she pretty much covered the entire question with "U.S. Americans don't have maps"
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