One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

[TomServo]

British pupils 'cannot locate UK'
One in five young British children cannot find the UK on a map of the world, a magazine's research suggests.

National Geographic Kids said it also found fewer than two thirds of children were able to correctly locate the US.

The magazine, which questioned more than 1,000 six to 14-year-olds, said it discovered several children in London did not to know it was the UK capital.

But the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers branded the findings as "nonsense".

National Geographic Kids also revealed 86% of the children interviewed failed to identify Iraq and that the boys had slightly better geographical skills than the girls, with 65% being able to locate a number of countries around the world compared with 63% of girls.

Scottish children fared better with 67% able to identify the most countries on a world map.

The magazine carried out the study to mark its UK launch and highlight "gaps in children's geographical knowledge".

[ArmenianDude]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

We should blame what they teach the children @ school.

[Anonymouse]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

And to think this was the country that once had the biggest Empire.

[ArmenianKid]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

thats pretty funny.

i wonder if they will blame it on the media.

[armo_origin]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

haha that is pretty funny, yea i'd probably blame it on the media

[ARK]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

so no wonder when we tell them Armenia, they say oh! Albania!

[armo_origin]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

hahaha, or Romania, Algeria, Arabia...the list goes on

[Lamb Boy]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

It's a side effect of becoming "Americanized". Pretty soon their students are going to be given an equally horrible education as we have here in the states ... if they aren't already. I remember when reports would show how American students couldn't find China or Mexico on a map. Watch Jay Leno's Jay-Walking skit and you'll see what I mean ...

[Sean]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

i bet the number is higher with armenian kids. armenias pretty hard to find on a map

[TomServo]

Re: One in five children in Britain can't find U.K. on a map

i bet the number is higher with armenian kids. armenias pretty hard to find on a map

Maybe with Armenian kids named Sean.