America's Smartest Kids Don't Know Canada's Capital City

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America's Smartest Kids Don't Know Canada's Capital City


http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/18 ... 96083.html

BinFrog

In their defense, have you been to Ottawa? I'd forget about it too if it weren't for the great show in '05.

chadwick

truthfully though 92.8% of americas can't even get into canada because they have had a drinking while driving violation or they were caught w/ $0.13 worth of commercial compressed mexican brown weed, therefore, the canadian border patrol denies entry to these pretty decent folks.

thank goodness i am very capable & able to cross the wonderful us/canadian border to visit canada even at 2:00am (this actually happened & wow, was i ever the guy under the microscope...they aren't fucking around up there at all, no they aren't)

you go ottawa

Last-12-Exit

Ottawa, who knew? I thought it was buffalo.

EdsonNascimento

Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.

F Me In The Brain

EdsonNascimento wrote:

Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.

I think we should know the capital cities of our direct neighbors to the north and south of us but I laugh at your response at the same time as agreeing on the impact to their daily lives.
btw, I learned something from your post -- Harare is the capital city of Zimbabwe with almost 3 million people in the metro area. I know nothing about Zimbabwe other than this ^ and that it is a country in the southern part of Africa.

chadwick

EdsonNascimento wrote:

Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.

Harare

i took the liberty of looking it up for us
it is zimbabwe's largest city & country's seat of government
1.6 - 2.8 million estimated population
city including metropolitan area

Thirty Bills Unpaid

EdsonNascimento wrote:

Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.

So you are saying that US kids really only need to know how to get to Walmart, shoot a gun, and pace themselves at the Golden Corral buffett?

EdsonNascimento

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

EdsonNascimento wrote:

Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.

So you are saying that US kids really only need to know how to get to Walmart, shoot a gun, and pace themselves at the Golden Corral buffett?

EdsonNascimento

chadwick wrote:

EdsonNascimento wrote:

Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.

Harare

i took the liberty of looking it up for us
it is zimbabwe's largest city & country's seat of government
1.6 - 2.8 million estimated population
city including metropolitan area

And now we know more than the smartest kids in Canada. Thank you!

chadwick

EdsonNascimento wrote:

chadwick wrote:

EdsonNascimento wrote:

Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.

Harare

i took the liberty of looking it up for us
it is zimbabwe's largest city & country's seat of government
1.6 - 2.8 million estimated population
city including metropolitan area

And now we know more than the smartest kids in Canada. Thank you!

f me in the brain clocked in before me
to be fair f me in the brain is a few moments sharper even

Thirty Bills Unpaid

EdsonNascimento wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

EdsonNascimento wrote:

Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.

So you are saying that US kids really only need to know how to get to Walmart, shoot a gun, and pace themselves at the Golden Corral buffett?

F Me In The Brain

chadwick wrote:

f me in the brain clocked in before me
to be fair f me in the brain is a few moments sharper even

Good to see others are curious to learn as well!


Also, I mentioned our neighbors to the south....for those that did not know it is Mexico City.
Guessing more knew that as Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world and the largest in North America.
Maybe not though...

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

EdsonNascimento wrote:Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.



So you are saying that US kids really only need to know how to get to Walmart, shoot a gun, and pace themselves at the Golden Corral buffett?

Don't forget what time Sponge Bob & Judge Judy are on

Last-12-Exit

F Me In The Brain wrote:

chadwick wrote:

f me in the brain clocked in before me
to be fair f me in the brain is a few moments sharper even

Good to see others are curious to learn as well!


Also, I mentioned our neighbors to the south....for those that did not know it is Mexico City.
Guessing more knew that as Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world and the largest in North America.
Maybe not though...

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

EdsonNascimento wrote:Do you know the capital of Zimbabwe?

That will have just as much impact on their daily lives.



So you are saying that US kids really only need to know how to get to Walmart, shoot a gun, and pace themselves at the Golden Corral buffett?

Don't forget what time Sponge Bob & Judge Judy are on

Does the common core teach all that?

PillowPants

is one of the McKenzie brothers still the president of canada?

chadwick

PillowPants wrote:

is one of the McKenzie brothers still the president of canada?

yes & sometimes they trade back & forth on who's the boss of canada & stuff

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Hugh and his buddy (just your typical Canadians) w/ Geddy Lee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jm4LoOaAWI

Hugh Freaking Dillon

I remember in school we had to memorize every single state capital and the state it belonged to. And I have met people in the US that have never even heard of Manitoba. There's only TEN provinces and TWO (now 3) territories people! It's not that hard! :fp:

F Me In The Brain

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

I remember in school we had to memorize every single state capital and the state it belonged to. And I have met people in the US that have never even heard of Manitoba. :fp:

Yeah, I knew all of the provinces and capitals when I was a kid as well....but I grew up in VT so Canadians were literally our neighbors.
I dont think most kids in the US today could name all 50 states, never mind find them on a map or tell you the capitals. Big change in priorities and memorization with the internet, search engines and smart phones. Very different world now.

Jason P

Canada has a capital? I'll be damned ...

Chuckhaint

PillowPants wrote:

is one of the McKenzie brothers still the president of canada?

I thought it was actually Uncle Joey from Full House