US school system report

[CdnCarrie]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/one...ders-think-canada-is-a-dictatorship-1.3082239

Wow what are you teaching down there?

 

[Dizlvr]

To be honest, not really much about Canada.

 

[eliza61]

To be honest, not really much about Canada.

which is pretty sad considering they are our neighbors

 

[mnrose]

Yes, very sad. Unfortunately, we teach VERY little geography in our country. Our children, in general, know very little about what happens beyond the US. Which is pathetic.

 

[Dizlvr]

which is pretty sad considering they are our neighbors

I agree.

 

[mommasita]

Yes, very sad. Unfortunately, we teach VERY little geography in our country. Our children, in general, know very little about what happens beyond the US. Which is pathetic.

I was thinking this.. Is World History taught?

 

[mnrose]

I was thinking this.. Is World History taught?

In my kids' school it is an 11th grade course (mandatory). (9th grade is Human Geography/Civics, 10th is US History, and 11th is World History. Senior year is psychology.) Of course, Canada is my state's immediate neighbor to the north, and therefore most people in Minnesota know what goes on there. LOL.

 

[Flight]

Yes, very sad. Unfortunately, we teach VERY little geography in our country. Our children, in general, know very little about what happens beyond the US. Which is pathetic.

They know little about their own country. Alarmingly, they know little about their own state. I once asked a class of middle school students, "What country borders the United States to the north?" One student responded, "Africa." The lesson proceeded from there.

 

[ronandannette]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/one...ders-think-canada-is-a-dictatorship-1.3082239

Wow what are you teaching down there?

Anybody remember the Rick Mercer tv special called "Talking To Americans"? OMG, I'm basically wetting myself just thinking about it...

 

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

I'm sure it's only kids in America that are so darn stupid, right?

 

[clori]

Well my dd was in 8th grade last year. She thinks Niagara Falls is nicer on the Canadian Side and that Canadian coins are acceptable coins where we live except in vending machines. She also knows they speak French in Quebec and that health care is cheaper but taxes are higher and waits can be longer in Canada (but like here probably depends on where you live). She has also heard me say that growing up in NH French Canadian was the most common language besides English. Now if you were to ask dd directly about what she knows her first response would be that they sell kinder chocolate eggs in Canada which are illegal in the US. IN our high school 9th grade is US History I thru the Civil War, 10th grade is US History 2. In 11th grade they take Modern World History but I have no idea what that covers.

 

[NewRVLady]

Honestly I never learned much about Canada when I was in school eons ago
And what exactly are they know for?(JK)

(Now I DO know the Canadians exiled bunch of French citizens many many years ago (1755)-they were my ancestors who settled in southern LA and ended up creating some amazing food known the world over)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians

 

[mommasita]

I'm sure it's only kids in America that are so darn stupid, right?

I never saw anyone call anyone stupid..
Especially children..

 

[mommasita]

Well my dd was in 8th grade last year. She thinks Niagara Falls is nicer on the Canadian Side and that Canadian coins are acceptable coins where we live except in vending machines. She also knows they speak French in Quebec and that health care is cheaper but taxes are higher and waits can be longer in Canada (but like here probably depends on where you live). She has also heard me say that growing up in NH French Canadian was the most common language besides English. Now if you were to ask dd directly about what she knows her first response would be that they sell kinder chocolate eggs in Canada which are illegal in the US. IN our high school 9th grade is US History I thru the Civil War, 10th grade is US History 2. In 11th grade they take Modern World History but I have no idea what that covers.

Cute about the kinder eggs.

Let her know, there are lots of us English speakers here in Quebec, born and raised..

 

[The Mystery Machine]

My dd's knew about Canada in elementary school. Not sure how that escapes people.

 

[mom2rtk]

If you watched "Watters' World" on "The O'Reilly Factor" none of this would surprise you.

 

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

I never saw anyone call anyone stupid..
Especially children..

And it certainly wasn't implied either, right?

 

[mommasita]

And it certainly wasn't implied either, right?

Because one countries history may not have been taught? That doesn't been children are not educated..

My question was only if world history was taught.

 

[declansdad]

And it certainly wasn't implied either, right?

I think you are over-reacting just a bit.

 

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

I think you are over-reacting just a bit.

Yes, actually I was.