THIS AIN'T GOOD! Americans React To "UNREAL: Do Young Americans Know ANYTHING?!"
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Glad to you hear you sticking up for the teachers. The constraints put upon teachers by politicians is ridiculous!
@@RushfanUK my point is teachers are constrained in the way they want to teach by the way the curriculum is structured. What’s wrong with sticking up for good teachers who are underpaid?
My favorite one is when an American tries to tell me they invented freedom, or are the only ones that have it!
The US was only able to invent Freedom after Sir Issac Newton invented Gravity…
There arguably the most "successful" but they did not invent freedom 😂 infact up to the last 100 years they were the exact opposite of freedom of a certain race
I'm from the UK and I've just asked my 19yr old daughter most of these questions and she got them right including the Obama one. Surely they must have filtered out the right ones and left these for the comedic value 😂🤦♀️
They obviously do because otherwise the video wouldn't be as fun, but even though they do that, you would think it would be difficult to find people that are this dumb, but these videos never seem to have a problem finding enough of these people to make videos on
They definitely filtered the responses, but the fact that there are so many people who couldn't answer these questions (as a non-American I can also answer more of these than Americans and I'm not particularly big into history, either and the other subjects were fundamental level) is still concerning.
Of course we are only seeing the ones who were incorrect, but NO ONE above the age of 12 shouldn't know these answers!
Indeed
Don't be embarrassed, be angry at the state of the civilization your government is producing with your tax dollars, and wonder "why?". Love guys. 🙏
"That statues probably crying" absolutely killed me lol I'm sure every time an American gives a stupid answer somewhere a bald eagle dies
Everyone with half a brain cell outside of America knows it's the Curriculum.
I'm not putting the boot in here but When I was in Philadelphia, I was asked am I Australian, So I replied I'm from England, the barmaid then said to me, Is that near London? I don't get that level of stupidity anywhere else around the world.
I know there are some extremely intellectual prodigy's coming out of great places Like Havard but it's the Public School kids that seem to be the stereotype.
It seems to be getting worse because kids don't feel they need to know anything because Google will tell them anything that's relevant to them.
Guys hope you are good.
I was asked in New York what language we speak in England, French?
When I worked in N.C. in 1985-86 long before thr Internet and Google, most Americans were the same and that included academic professionals.
Blaming the curriculum and politicians is to easy, most of the time the teatchers are to blame for not being interesting or stimulating. Apart from a couple of stupid trick questions this video was about really basic stuff and nothing to do with the curriculum or politicians!!
@@RugbyMatters WOW.
I'm not even going to debate this reply.
I don't have the Patience to argue with this level of Stupid Ignorance.
I'm certainly not trying to argue that we don't have stupid people in America and I sure as hell won't be offering a defense for the dunces in this video, but how about viewing this subject with some perspective? There are stupid people everywhere. Often times it doesn't matter who their teachers were, how skilled those teachers may have been, or what curriculum the teachers used... There is an overabundance of stupid people in this world and a lot of them simply don't care that they are stupid. There are some that even wallow in their own ignorance - they're not just stupid, they are actually anti-intellectuals.
If you paid me roundtrip airfare to the UK, and gave me a few days for filming and editing, I guarantee you I could produce a video showing absolute morons that would rival the idiots seen in this video. The same goes for any other place on the planet. Do you recall a couple of years ago when there were a rash of _geniuses_ in the UK that were trying to burn down 5G towers out of fear that those towers were causing illness and disease _(specifically one particular disease that was on most people's minds in 2020)?_ Would it be a fair statement to say, "I don't see that kind of stupidity anywhere else around the world."? _(Hint: The answer to that question is, "No. That wouldn't be fair.")_
There are idiots all across the globe and it would behoove you to remember that edited videos made for the sake of entertainment showing the dumbest of the dumb giving ridiculous answers to simple questions does not serve as a fair indictment of a nation's public school system. Neither does your personal anecdote about some dimwitted bartender you met in Philadelphia. Perspective, dude. Perspective.
_“Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that.”_
_-George Carlin_
I’m Italian, I got asked how far from Europe I was 😂
I don't blame the education system, I blame the individual for not being curious enough about the world to inform themselves of the basics.
I went through the UK education system in the 1970s, the curriculum was shite. We didn't do historic events or famous people in history, we didn't study the globe in geography.
We had no internet, we had no history channel...We had books and an occasional interesting documentary on one of the 3 TV channels.
Todays kids have too many distractions, as an 11 year old in 1975 my options on a rainy day were read a book or stare at the ceiling.
Those “individuals” that you blame could have had the fuck beat out of them during their childhood for simply asking a question. You don’t know a damn thing that other “individuals” had to endure.
Obviously not the same uk system I had in the 70s. We had all the things you said you didn't have. With the exception of Internet which hadn't been invented
@@lesleymay8006 You didn't have multiple tv channels.
Maybe you got better schooling, none of my historical or geographical knowledge comes from my comprehensive school education, in school it was the Spinning Jenny, inner city depravation during the industrial revolution and oxbow lakes.
@@paulhanson5164 3 tv channels plus school channels. My school was a comprehensive which 2 years before had been a secondary modern. We had excellent teachers and a "comprehensive" curriculum. If you had streamed classes and you were in the bottom set, maybe the fault lies with you not the schooling
@@lesleymay8006 I wasn't in the bottom sets and if you're just looking to try and insult me and have an argument look elsewhere as I can't be arsed.
I’m still howling at Obama Care 😂😂😂😂
That one gets me every single time I come across reactions to this video and also how their friend just walks away, stunned 🤣🤣🤣
Just watched this with my 14yr old and we paused after each question so he could answer. Got them all right and we're Australian. His reaction when he heard their answers was priceless😂
We’re in the UK and did the same with our 15 year old, got most of them right without really thinking. At the end she said “why do I know more things about America, than Americans?”.
I'm an American and this is such an embarrassment. Our schools need to go back to the old way of teaching. The things they do teach are not important and ridiculous. Our country is screwed.
I'm from New Zealand and answered all the questions correctly. I've visited the states, and the level of ignorance in the general population is astounding. 😞
✨💖✨…and these are the folks who either vote now or will be voting for our leaders and the future of Constitutional Rights for all Americans. If they do indeed vote. Too many Americans don’t know how our government works and even more don’t care.
Thank you for backing our educators. Before I retired, I had worked in the libraries of several school districts, including overseas DOD schools, and in public libraries. I’ve spent time in classrooms teaching and substituting in many capacities. We were a military family. I also had the shear pleasure of reading books to children of all ages for many years. So I certainly appreciate that all folks don’t hold educators accountable for the complete ignorance of the younger generations.
Frankly, a great share the of blame goes to parents. Education must start at home with books, reading, discussions, etc. Very few prodigies come about by chance. Most come out of homes or situations where there was opportunity to learn, an opportunity for excellence. Buy your kids books. Read to them. Let them see you reading. You don’t have to be Einstein. Pick up your favorite NASCAR magazine, if that is what you’re into, and read it. Heck, I don’t care if it’s comic books. Just something they will pick up and look at. Get a globe, and put it within reach. Look at it with your children. Kids are sponges. Make sure they pick up what you want them to. You don’t have to raise up a genius, just a functional adult who can read, fill out a job application, tell time, make change and understands how this country works.
That is all I ask.
I’m glad you pointed out it’s not the teachers fault - they have to teach what’s on the curriculum and nothing else. It’s the same in state schools here (but it’s nationalised across the country) - it doesn’t vary by county/state like it does there. Unfortunately the American education system is fairly narrow in comparison to other countries (I only say that from my experience of the curriculum in one state though) and the fact that your school exams are all multiple choice questions doesn’t help! Kids here have to know and write the answers - several paragraphs for shorter questions and entire essays too, in an exam. To be fair though, you can find people like this anywhere, including the UK!
Yeah, they are there but even to that level I'd still put most British people higher than that, as for the teachers, I can't speak for all of them in the US but half of the American teachers I've met no, they would struggle to breathe if it wasn't an autonomic reaction!
We have a lot of thick people in the UK too, alot of them are in parliament but damn....America definitely wins the Gold Medal.
It seems to me that most younger people only learn what they need to, and don't go any further. I am constantly wanting to expand my knowledge at 57 and recently made sure I knew all 51 European capitals, 50 US states and where they were on an atlas. Working on the rest of the world now.
This is why us Brits look at the 4th of July as a lucky escape 🤣🤣🤣. Joking, love your channel
Technically you've only had 45 presidents, but, because Grover Cleveland served for two nonconsecutive terms, there have been 46 presidencies (he counts as both #22 & #24).
Family Feud UK. a contestant was asked 'Name a bird with a long neck? His answer was 'Naomi Cambell'.
It's by design. A well educated population is harder to brainwash, asks awkward questions about income inequality, access to affordable healthcare, the environment etc. Trump said "I love the uneducated" for a reason.
Exhibit A for how crap our public school curriculums are in this country and now many states are trying to make them worse!
I'm sure there's another one of these which is very similar, but he goes on to ask them a follow up question about influencers and tiktok content, and they absolutely smash those answers!
I’d love to see one of these with an older generation. I know myself that I ignored a lot of the stuff I was taught in school, but found an interest in history & other things afterwards. Would be interesting to see if others do the same.
Hmm kind of. I ignored a lot of stuff in school but found an interest in PlayStation games
A middle-aged American lady was on holiday in Europe, asked the receptionist in the hotel she was staying in , "Is that the same moon outside, as the the moon we have in America? Perplexed, he replied Yes. She replied, why is ours so much bigger?" I saw this on a video.
We would get them all correct. Because they all were basic stuff that a 2nd grader would know. Damn
I'm from The Netherlands and often can't believe my ears hearing the answers that are given in these kind of video's.
BUT I can understand it when they are giving these answers about Europe. Not always and not that "Paris is in Italy" answers. The US is so big, why should people go to Europe on vacation? It's probably very expensive while for lots of Europeans it is normal to go to another country once or twice a year. Paris is 500 kilometers from here. Hear and learn a bit or a lot about other cultures in Europe while being there and see everything for real at the same time instead of seeing it on pictures.
The teachers here do also deserve more money i.m.o.
Because good education can solve a lot of small and very big problems. It's an important basic thing.
No I was not a sweet girl at school. Not at all. So when I start working, I went to school in the evenings and on saturday. That was not funny but it was my own fault and otherwise I couldn't become what I wanted to be.
As a Brit, I always have amazing amount of respect for teachers, weather it's the u.s. or the u.k. but it the end of the day, they can only teach what they're allowed to teach, so long as they not restricted
You obviously didn't learn how to spell.
Weather????
@@davidsmith7653 Not me. I can spell.
Wrong person!
@@jillhobson6128 Oops, sorry.
@@davidsmith7653 OK 👍
Question: " Who fought in the Civil War? "
My answer: " That's easy. The Roundheads and the Cavaliers. "
While both of you might think that's the wrong answer it isn't really because the question itself isn't very specific, is it? It should actually be " Who fought in the AMERICAN Civil War? ", shouldn't it? If it was directed at British people like myself then my answer would be correct because I interpreted it from my own British perspective and adjusted it in my head to be " Who fought in the ENGLISH Civil War? ".
Furthermore I would've gone on to ask which English Civil War was the question about? That's because there were 3 of them in the mid-17th Century and each of them were fought between the Roundheads ( the Parliamentarians ) and the Cavaliers ( King Charles I's supporters ). Pshaw to all of you Americans - we Brits don't do anything by half measures, do we? We had 3 Civil Wars whereas you only had a paltry 1, didn't you? ✌😎✌
By the way, when it comes to your measly American Civil War it was between the Union ( the northern states ) and the Confederacy ( the southern states ) and was mainly fought over the emancipation of the slaves throughout the entire country, wasn't it? 👍😁👍
" mainly fought over the emancipation of the slaves throughout the entire country" Like it wasn't about money, like every war is, the slaves were just an excuse but by all means seems the war started by accident at sea, so probably were just rising tensions :P
I would also add if you asked a Brit who was the 69th president we would have no idea as unlike America we are not taught a list of American presidents, why would we, we are taught about a few, Washington, lincoln and most would know the Presidents from Ike forward but could not tell you what number they were.
@@robertsibley6330, obviously I'm the wrong British person to pose that question to, aren't I? Joe Biden is their 46th President and Numpty-Trumpty was their 45th therefore just using simple arithmetic they've only got another 23 or so Presidents to go before they reach number 69, haven't they?
@@59jalex, why do you have such a silly surname, i.e. J59?
No need to confuse them any further by suggesting there were other Civil Wars than the one they vaguely remember being taught about !
Even the one where he looked 'shocked' at the correct answer of USA....is wrong! lol Those were my favourites hahahahaha
These kids obviously don't know what the heck a CIVIL war is!
Billy Connolly did a travel programme where he travelled around the USA. There was this funny bit where he was on the banks of the Mississippi and he was talking about his school days how the teachers got his class to sing a song about how to spell Missi....so he really wanted somebody to stop him to ask him how to spell it, sadly nobody did. Perhaps you guys know the little song he was talking about?
You can't just blame this on the curriculum, when someone thinks alaska is a continent.
Actually, after hearing Spencer mention about Family Feud, you guys should watch “Funniest/Worst British Game Show Answers” compilations (mainly The Chase)!
To be fair, most of these are less about stupidity and more about how many people's minds tend to freeze up under pressure. My favorite example of this is a Billy on the street clip where he asks someone to "name a woman", and she can't.
I'd be surprised if any of these people can even tie their own shoe laces.
Spencer, your Russia joke was best part of this video. Had me laughing.
There are videos with British kids being exactly the same.
Stupid is universal 🙄
The shout of “1 HOUR” 😂
It was the confidence that killed me ...Spencer trolled himself big time lmao
There was another episode of this where a young lady couldn't answer the general knowledge questions, BUT she could name ALL the Kardashians.
That was painful to watch and listen
😂
Time to remove all warning labels and let natural selection
Thin the heard 😅
Lol.. My 9 yrs old son got all but 3 questions right.. Not bad to say he's in the UK.. Ffs.. That was soul destroying folk's 😢love and light from across the pond xxx 🙏😘🇬🇧
The more you keep the populous uneducated & ignorant , the better you can control them & manufacture consent.
How many braincells did you lose watching this?
All of them?
Yes.
There are stupid people everywhere, you'll probably find they haven't used loads of people that answered them all correctly (I'm from the UK)
Mate, Believe me the vast amount of Yanks are really this ignorant.
Is uk curriculum bias. Not so sure
'can you name the continents?' 'Yes, INCONTINENT'
Scotland was recently voted 'Most educated Nation in Europe' again and people CONSTANTLY complain about it......I point them toward these videos and ask 'is it REALLY that bad'?
Who would be complaining about that?
@@twoofsix3b3g You have no idea Pat.... all nonsense politics of course. The biggest argument goes like this...'Scotland is the most educated nation in Europe', 'The education system is terrible because of those SNP bastas' 'but it is the most educated and Germany now studies Scotlands system' 'I dont care, it's all those bldy Nats problem, ruined everything' 'but that makes no sense, it is officially the best'....'you don't know mate, my mate who's cousins mate works in a school and says it f'd and it's all the Nats fault' 'is that the guy who is a senior member of another party' 'aye but he's no a dafty and he knows you know' 'aye but how cvan you be the best and STILL be the worst according to a guy with a bias'? 'just how it is mate, F those Nats'........hahahahahahahahaha
@grant paterson You are quite correct. I had no idea. Although I was born in England, my mother's family were Scots from Neilston and as they would say "the banks of the Clyde" . Recently I found that my father's family (great grandparents) were also from Scotland! There has always been a great regard for the quality of education, literature, culture, engineering and architecture. So it is absolutely no surprise that Scotland should earn that award .
@@twoofsix3b3g Thanks for that Pat :). Yes, Scotland has a very long tradition of education being an expected and 'common thing' in society... Very much pushed by the Church of Scotland... Hence why the Vatican turned a little 'anti science' as a reaction due to this and the spread of the Protestant religion throughout mainland Europe. The enlightenment could also be argued to have started in Edinburgh... but in good Scottish fashion, the entire enlightenment movement was centred around Wine Bars hahahaha..that is true btw, the whole period was fuelled by Claret (the biggest selling drink in Scotland at the time). Neilston is lovely and you will find the local churches have excellent records of Births, Deaths and marriages if you ever wish to pursue it further :)
"Who fought in the Civil War?"
"Iron Man and Captain America".
I'm afraid of Americans and this is why. This is the future of America and how scary is this .
I think you just described an education system a lot of people outside of the US would find describes their own education systems perfectly 🤣
You can check out our version of family feud called family fortunes. A funny one was a guy answering turkey to every question: what do you take to the beach, what do you eat at Christmas …. Got the highest score on one question all others were 0. Can’t remember the other questions but they didn’t include turkeys.
I'm from Belgium, and in high school, they told me who had fought in the Civil War, in America OMG
The class that teaches you about our government and how it works is CIVICS, I had it in high school (I am 75 now) This is SO embarrassing AND frightening!!
Unfortunately stupidity is not limited to Americans. I'm English and have many, many cousins... trying to talk to them about anything other than xbox or celebrity gossip is impossible - not only do they not know, but they seem to actively TRY not to learn. I'm a global IT manager, so when one of them became an IT support engineer for a well known company, I thought "great, we have something to talk about".... Nope. He follows a flow chart, speaks a script... absolutely no independent thought what-so-ever. I'm not smart - I failed all of my exams, never went to college or University. But even I meet people and think "Damn, you are NOT trying at all are you?" There's nothing wrong with not knowing... but there is something wrong with not trying to do better...
and that's who'll be "teaching" your kids
This, in part, explains the rise of Trump.
What! No, the majority of citizens were sick of the bs coming from the establishment. The " career politicians " like Biden could not care less about you people. I'm amazed that it takes someone from another country to tell you people you've been getting fudged up your pie-hole your whole life no matter who you vote for. Stop watching watching TV and do some research.
Americans are very in themselves with National sentiments. Also Godly based
Just think when you grow old, they are meant to be looking after you 🤣
Spencer - "Well that was embarrassing"
Also Spencer - "ONE HOUR" 😂😂.....I'm dead.
Amateur anthropologist here. This is called a 'synapse trip'. All life forms learn by dropping your consciousness into sub-think. It's your critical think space, where you do all your working out, remembering facts, and complex language. Americans aren't stupid, but unlike most advanced nations your education system socially criticises wrong answers. It doesn't ask questions of its students, and prioritises other things like sports and social standing.
These people lack the skills to drop into sub-think. They answer each question like it should be in the conscious like walking or eating but it isn't. When they try to drop into sub think they either don't want to or feel it should be automatic. It's a failing of teacher training, critical thinking education (also reflected in some of your representatives), and budget.
Bare in mind that some of these will become teachers. By 2050 US education will be a national scandal and those who deny it will be Christo-fascists and the stupid.
^ Interesting. I'll have to look up more on this. Thank you.
It certainly does show that they are afraid to answer as if so scared. I would have maybe given an educated guess or perhaps 3 answers after a pause for thought, knowing I had already technically failed it; but these just clam up, each with the expresion of a deer in headlights!
I've seen this one before, but watching it with you guys made me die of laughter like never before. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I thought Americans only learned about America. Turns out that isn’t the case.
From England Luv your answer
You have had 45 presidents... 1 of them was president twice
Not to offend anyone but this isn’t that uncommon. I worked at an office in Annapolis, MD and I was the only immigrant. I had my citizenship exam and I started asking my coworkers the questions and you won’t believe the answers I got! They were also surprised that I had to take a history test to become a citizen 😂😂 To be fair, on the other hand I should mention that my American classmates are also very bright and hardworking. I agree with you that this only exposes the educational system. Thanks for your reaction.
Doesn’t matter the country, the Masses are Asses.
In the age of information google is free …stupidly and ignorance is a choice
Aaaaarrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh. Please don’t let these people press any buttons in the White House
Idiocracy becomes real life
Fucking hell, I'm British and I could answer the US centric questions! And, it's Mississippi 😁
It was, after she married Mr Ippi.
i would be so ashamed if i could not answer with the right answer
Im from the UK and we learnt to spell Mississippi in infant school by singing, Mrs M, Mrs I, Mrs SSI, Mrs SSI, Mrs PPI.. now over 50 years later it has stuck with me all these years.
How stupid we as a nation have become. We need to get back to teaching history, geography, grammar, math, science..etc. what used to be the “ core” curriculum. And if a person isn’t learning..he fails the class..and has to redo. An exam should be required at the end of every class at semester end. America has become a laughing stock to the world.
Let’s face it there is no use going to the school library because they have no books of any significance, the U.S is such an insular nation, some people think they are the only English speaking nation in the world!!!
How much money has been spent on their education. Ask for the money back.
My friend Vernon walk-in the cafe. The other day with a letter in his hand from the new company taking over our firm. Is that your one-to-one meeting Vernon. Yes I've got a meeting with someone called Mahatma Gandhi. We fell apart it was at the mahatma Gandhi centre the meeting
How the fuck this amount of ignorance is socially acceptable in the states is beyond me. Shockingly disgraceful. These people should take a hard deep look, but the major blame goes to the rest who tolerate it and go about their business while the country goes full speed to the dark ages... Je.zuz. dude...
Dear god that was painful!
To be fair, if someone asked me who the Xth King or Queen of England was I would have no idea either.
Omg!
Obamas name is Barrack Obama health "Care"
Oh my!
I hated history at school (UK). My history teacher told my mother once that my anguished expression in history classes made her feel guilty. We only did British history too - but I still had more idea about the history questions than these American kids.
As I have learned recently, there is acctully another Continent, Zealandia, it has not been recognised until recently as most of it is underwater, only New Zealand and a few Islands are above water.
Laughing in British. They only show the ones who can't answer. We all have our fair share of those!
Who did America fight in war of independence, everybody... Well he ain't wrong, England ruled everybody and you fought England...
I’m English and we don’t do American history in school, but I did know who fought in the American civil war.
This is SO funny, thanks for the laugh out loud.
whats funny about this is the faces spencer pulls as he doesn't no,he even said 1 hour instead of 60 milies,duh,lol love it.
Our British stiffer up lip quivered for a few seconds out of respect for the queen god bless your majesty
Yeh he proper threw that lad when he asked Obamas last name, he was soo confused bless him 🤦🏻♂️😂
I hope it is because of the questioning and sudden camera appearance. But yeah...no..
It was called Civics class! It taught you the three branches of the government and how each branch worked as well as things like bills are made and passed.
“Who did we fight against?” “ ERRIBODY”
TBF I'm British and when doing Scottish Higher History we were half way though a course on Nazism and one person asked when was WW2
I'd love to see you two react to The Russell Howard Hour, it's about stand up comedy with the news, social media, and general society.
History is happening right now at this moment here in the UK...See Royal news.
I have a problem with the last question. There's always a number bigger than the one before.
You might think "infinity", but that's not a number. The biggest named number I can think of is a googolplex, but a googolplex x a googolplex is bigger. A googolplex to the power of a googolplex is bigger yet. A googolplex factorial is even bigger than that.
Teachers are there, trained to teach but were also frustrated. When everything is commercialized. Just sad.
A nine year old kidd in Europe could have answered these questions, meanwhile playing on their playstations!
No doubt these people celebrate 4th July, but they don’t know why. The food’s the main thing, obviously. (Makes one think we got the better deal.)
Unbelievable that those 2 guys especially did not have a clue about the American Civil War!
To be fair, you can see videos like this from other countries. There are ignorant people all over.
It's not what you teach.
It's how you teach it.
At least none of them pulled their phones out though
To make it fair, he should also ask tourists passing by just to see if they know.
I don't even live in the USA and I could spell Mississippi waaay before high school. And I knew the answer to all the other questions too.
I love hearing you say pisses me of it’s such a britishism lol
Can't name the continents but bet they can name all of the Kardashians and every winner of Ru Paul's Drag Race. And therein lies the problem.
The "Don't-Need-To-Know" generation. It's not just the USA where this is a thing. With Google and a calculator in your pocket at all times, what is the incentive to learn shit?
" dig deep" gets me every time!
A lot of knowledge comes from out of school sources, such as the internet, TV and books, but you have to be open and enthusiastic to engage in gaining extra knowledge....I think the new society is to get away with what's needed, and no more by too many! There is no curiousity, no hunger, no passion to expand one's mind, just to cruise through life with the barest effort.....to those who try I applaud you, to those who don't, try and better yourself, for yourself and the future of your children or relatives.
Many young Brits don’t know a lot about general knowledge. It isn’t just Americans.