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Its a cultural thing - the US is overwhelmingly inward-looking while the EU (and other places) encouarges internationalism. (You cannot simply blame being more physically isolated than other countries as Australians and other far more distanced places do not have the same problem as a well-known characteristic.)
I mean, Europe is also very eurocentric in what they teach... So with for example History it's like 80% European History, 10% Asian and 10% American pretty much... But because of colonialism we had our grubby hands all over the world which makes European history as well as geography involve a lot more of the world...
@@Kriss_941every nation is centered about there history
It is not just cultural, it has a lot to do with the education system. Good education, that should be free, is expensive in the US. Plus they brainwash kids into believeing that the US are the best country in the world. Also kids are told in school that money is the end of all thing, while all it is just a tool, and because of that they do not build the culture of travelling and knowing other cultures because they do not evenbtake enough hollidays to educate themselves about the world
The point the make is that most of these question simply check fact knowledge and that is related to education.
Still there are smart and less smart people and often but not always that plays along (correlate) with education.
People have phones and America has lots of different cultures and people so I don’t believe it’s a culture thing it’s just that they pick less knowledgeable people on the American side I feel with these things
Again...ohh ,on those videos they select the bad answers....well, those are too many and too terrible answers to find comfort in the thought that there must have been the right answers too... And not just the middle of the USA but right in Central Square NY.
And not just the educational system, but the individual's lack of brain activity like thinking and reasoning
We had to learn every country and capital in primary school. That's not about being smart. Every kid, including the dumb ones, has to learn that here. Most people forget a lot, but ask any 12 year old here and they'll blurt out every country you point at on a map.
A great man once said that stupidity isn't strictly a US trait, but when they do it they do it well 😅🤣
the reason europeans know more about geography has nothing to do with other countries being close, but more so about education.
i had to learn every single country + capital on the planet in highschool
The test is scewd in favour of the americans because the others have to read translate and think of an answere. Soo if they want it fair all the questions should be inn their language
Minute 14:26 - That's an excuse. We study South American and African and Austrialian countries and Asian countries at school We don't study only the country we have near us in Europe.
It's simply a different approach in educational system. Our schools gives value to geography and history of the of the entire world instead of focusing on our own country or continent
*Absolutely. Also there's a thing called "general education". You simply learn a whole lotta things, before you dive into one special direction.....plus you'll never stop learning, 'cause there are still things you don't know....* ⬅️🤔
@@NicholasCorvin That's pretty much what I wrote in my comment, though you phrased it better.
I want to say it was grade 7 or 8, where we had a whole term where we focused on US history and North American geography.
The test with the states was a pain, and made me miss when we did the counties of Sweden back in 3rd or 4th grade (because we have like 20 or something, so it was easier to remember. Then again, we also had the extra of the county animal 😅)
How gracious were the Europeans in winning. Shouldn’t they have been chanting “EUR-OPE, NUMBER ONE!”
God bless europe😂
Minute 4:17 - I always find confusing when you say smart talking about what people KNOW. That is knowledge and education, not smartness and intelligence. I think Amaricans are as smart as everyone else; they simply have a less general education and a more spcifical and focused education
This means that when you ask to Americans vs European quiestions about geography or world history (not specific European or American history), it appears that European are "smarter" but they simply have better educational system
You asked why there were 4 Europeans and only 2 US girls. I'm not sure but consider the Europeans don't have English as their first language
Intelligence has nothing to do with knowledge. That said, intelligent people are usually more curious and want to learn more. Nowadays, information is readily available to hundreds of millions of people, so there aren't many excuses if they don't know really basic stuff.
Minute 13:24 - We know more geography because for 2 full years, from 13 to 14 years old, we study ALL the countries of the world. Each country has from 2 to 4 pages on our geography book with basic information: natural structure (rivers, mountains, seas, lakes and so on), political organization, main incomes, most important historical fact
This is the only reason we know geography better than Americans, because we study it better in school
Absolutely.
I remember we had this game on the computer (in like 6th-7th grade) that my class played almost religiously on breaks (because we were competitive little sh*ts 😂)
It still exists, but is on another webpage (back then it was its own thing. Like the minigame with the dino when you don't have internet).
Anyway, I don't remember if it was Europe only or if that was the one we just happened to focus on.
But it showed a blank map of Europe, and you picked either capitals or countries.
Then you'd get the name at the top of the screen (either a capital or a country) and you had to click on the map where it was.
It was so much fun. Though I always got confused with Slovenia and Slovakia. I still switch them to this day.
I could have them right and before checking I'll be like "no... it's probably the other way around."
Like how some people do it with Sweden and Switzerland 😂
The massive over use of the filler word “like” is extremely annoying.
Firstly, the Europeans are polyglots.....it sort of starts from there.
Do you realise that you're leaving the question on screen for less than a second?
it is not that you are dumber it depends what education that they teach you
I was so shocked when i found out americans dont learn how too swim in school. Or play outside in all kinds of weather in kindergarden, in scandinavia kids have kindergarden in the forrest and use knifes😂 at 4-5 years old
I don't remember if we used knives (I'm a Swede), we might 😅
But I remember being so confused about American "snow days".
Like... one day in 11th grade, I walked through waist high snow (2011) on my way to school (because I was stubborn in which way to take).
Got to school a bit late, in white pants. 30 minutes later the snow had fully melted and I could enjoy my black pants.
Like... they used to let a little snow stop them from going to school? Even though many places had busses to take them?
I walked to school in a snow storm when I was 9 😂
I’m from Latvia and we had to learn the capital city of every country and what other countries they border with etc. Also the longest rivers, highest mountains, deepest lakes etc etc. We had to memorise it all and pass tests about it. And many of those facts we will remember because of that.
Same here in Norway. About 50/50 local and international geography focus. By 6th grade we had been through all counties, their admin center, tallest mountain and longest rivers and so on. Then it got more international as you got older.
Music. Yeah i miss Tim "Avicii" Bergling alot. His music in general was great. Way better then SHM.
These questions don’t prove smartness just shows you have some knowledge of geography and know some things in certain subjects and they are not tough questions for the most part.
youre funny: "thats europe, germany". - result: india. - response: "ya. brazil" ????
The US isn't dumb per say, it is more they are too insular. Many US folks don't travel abroad, US News focuses solely on the US, Schools teach only US history, etc. ... the people could learn but they are never exposed to the information.
10:30 Yeah Sydney is the most known but not the capital.
India was second to China for decades, then India passed... the 2 of them combined are about 1/4 of the world so.... I... might have got that wrong. With a couple seconds to think I knew but in the "heat of the game..."
It all depends on what you experience. Some people have great memories. Some are very logical thinkers and therefore great problem solvers... neither of those help if you never heard of something before.
Also into Indonesia flag, this same flag is Monaco.
10:25 They couldn't decide between Sydney in NSW and Melbourne in Victoria, so the created a new city Canberra in a new state Australian Capital Territory to be the capital.
The sad part is that people confuse being intelligent and being educated . My god!!!!
5:25 - Because that south korean group of YT channels film several videos a day with different contents and that goup of 6 people happened to be there that day for other videos. They usually don't bring in people just for one video.
I would think that in Europe pre med students know also lot of their field , and not necessarily that much else. However i do feel like school's in Europe do teach you more about things in general. And lot of general fact's.
Nah, we're not good at geography because we're closer to other countries.
It's included in the curriculum. "Oh we're doing South America today, these are the countries."
In history class: "Okay, the countries involved in X were Z and Y."
In Sweden, we like something you could call "general knowledge", it's usually broader in regards to whatever it is you're studying.
Say you want to focus on history. Up to finishing 9th grade you have the "general knowledge". After that you might want to focus on US history or Egyptian history. You already have some of the base foundation for it.
Wheras the US is pretty.... US-centric.
Don't get me wrong we learn about the 20-ish countys of Sweden, but we do cover the 50 states as well when we're learning about the US. We might not go into super specific details though.
It's not like I'd go around asking Americans to tell me about the 100-year war that we had here.
We had woodworking (and metal) class ... hm... sowing class (?) textile class (?) for everyone when I was a kid. To be frank, I´ve had more use of sowing and small repairs of clothes than wood and metal working. Though I loved woodworking as a kid. :)
The dumb / smart debate is quite sterile.
The thing is really how much your school system, and later your society as a whole, values knowledge of a great variety of topics and how much teaching time it will give them.
For a few decades, 14 yo kids in france have had a mandatory class that is called "history of arts" and teaches them how famous art pieces came to be, how arts evolve and so on.
Back in my days it was more classical stuff like Latin or Greek, that still exist but you have more options to choose from, and highschoolers still have a mandatory 1 year of philosophy, which really depends on your teacher's will to teach it at a basic level.
Everyone is smart in their own field, I am british but I certainly don't believe that all Americans are dumb at all. Those YT videos where someone interviews random Americans trying to prove that young Americans can't answer simply questions are most fixed, out of every 100 people that are interviewed, then would only show the two people who could not answer the simple questions.
Lynda actually knew a lot of these, i was impressed. As a Swede i was extra proud of the Swedish girl knowing the flags so well too 💪
I'm from the mid west. It's actually the other way around the mid west is like the forgotten child pretty much plus most people don't travel to my state
Sorry, I had a hard time focusing on the video. I stayed on the fact that she just dropped a big burp in front of the camera. 😂
It’s not a case of dumb or stupid is more that the level of General knowledge is much lower in the US as you’re more insular.
none of you are stupid, you managed a lot
Duh offcourse they are you have to be to live there
NBA champion of what!!
First the fact that the europeans speak english that is not their original language? No one find this fantastic how many in the usa do know more then their than english?
Yeah, like here in Sweden we learn 3 languages is school.
2 out of our 3 "core subjects" (these you pretty much are required to get a passing grade on if you want to go to the next grade) are languages; Swedish and English. The 3rd is the demon known as math.
Then we have the choice of German, French or Spanish starting in like... grade 6.
This is about general culture, not about the intelligent or smart people...
Its about education
great videos as always fellas,would be interesting to see yall check out TLDR NEWS again and their reporting on the .. perculiar situation with russia being invaded back by ukraine. quite a big topic of discussion here in europe.
cool shirt bro
Yes
You can’t know everything. You don’t want to know everything. ❤
General knowledge is a good thing and I feel that is lacking in the average American. Especially in the younger generation where its all about social media, influencers and reality shows.
Btw.: i think these types of videos are really also "dumb" because there are just a handful of random people where you have now clue how representative they are, what kind of education they have, nothing. Like you could go to Harvard to grab people for the US and then go to the "slums" in another country and grab a McDonalds worker or whatever and then compare them.
And its not like those other videos where random people are interviewed on the streets for fun, because the title here kinda makes it sound as if its somehow representative-
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a good one👍
i can tell, you its not the midwesterners everyone makes fun of, its the californians. California is a real joke of a state,while texas and florida is fun to meme about, california is just sad. The sate we like the most in europe is new york,cause they sound funny and are angry and believe they are actually italians lol
oh I dont know...I lived in Florida as an european and I found it pretty freakin crazy :D:D couldnt live there for long
We Europeans are polyglot we Europeans travel a lot in and outside of Europe more than USA people( percentage of people having passports proves it USA only 48% while most of Europeans it’s 89% or more). Also Europeans education is free while USA citizens go bankrupt trying to get even a decent education. Another factor European people are more open to experience and open minded than USA citizens. Most Europeans are more of perfectionist than USA citizens when it comes to their education. So it’s true that Europeans are more highly educated worldly than USA citizens.