Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can't locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?

This question has already been answered, but I will provide a more coherent one:

The problem is TV. Not that kids watch too much of it. (Well that is a problem), but what is on TV. Let’s go back in time…….

The year was 1991. Most youth in the United States could not tell the difference between the United States and the USSR. (and that was a scary thought) Something had to be done. A show was created. An amazing TV show that put geography on the map.

‘Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?’

The show became really big. Kids not only knew geography, they loved it. At one point 5 out of 5 kids knew where Ghana was. Due to funding the show ended in 1996. By the year 1998 kids’ knowledge of geography crumbled. Now in 2007 one out of five kids can’t find the USA on the map. We need to bring back ‘Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?’ now.

take it away Rockapella..........