I’ve seen multiple videos equivalent of Americans pointing where (country) is on the map, and there was an instance where the host asked the woman where the continent Africa is located (points to Asia) like WTF? That’s not even close at all.
I know there’s bias towards those types of videos since there are accusations of the host “handpicking” select strangers framing them as if they are representative of the US. But the truth is that their education system isn’t good as it lacks funding.
When you put it into perspective: how many Europeans can correctly locate & name countries adjacent to them within their own continent and globally? Is the education system within the EU that good or effective at teaching kids that subject?
I’m sure you are very confident.
Rick Mercer got criticized for his “Talking to Americans” running gag on CBC for cherry picking, so he went onto the Harvard quad and got the same results from Harvard professors.
That was specifically a response to the point that someone thought Asia was Africa. I doubt Harvard professors are making that mistake.