Americans remain uneducated in political, retail geography
Posted by Adrian on March 8, 2008, 67:39 pm
Cultural or educational critiques of America often cite studies which describe how, for example, only 17% of Americans can find Afghanistan on a world map. The average geographic literacy in this country is quite poor, but a new study points to a more pressing issue: Americans cannot even understand and properly use a mall map. I think the consequences of this problem are clear: if Americans cannot properly access retail outlets and spend money they probably don’t have, how can we expect to grow our economy?
It’s time to reintroduce geography and geographic thinking as a core curriculum in our education systems. Obviously.
