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To: 8bits who wrote (10636)	10/26/2006 10:48:01 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 218447

I was about to make that point about foreign born citizens in the US. Last few places I worked, if I needed to know something about Sri Lanka, Nederlands, Denmark, Mozambique, or the Romainia, I could just walk down the hall to somebody. Same for several dozen other countries. I did refrain from asking people from Cambodia, Ukraine and Iraq questions, since I might be touching on some painful events. But after exposure to the US public school system, most second generation kids still can't find anything on a map...

To: 8bits who wrote (10636)	10/27/2006 7:56:36 AM
From: Riskmgmt	Respond to of 218447

Hi 8bits: Yes, your right, the 7 % is an old number from 10 years ago. If their are 11% of Americans foreign born it makes the point even more. Assuming some of them have a passport. Take them out and take out the diplomats and overseas service men and women and the number of American born and educated here with a passport is even smaller. Maybe that is a reason, there is not much importance put on teaching world history and geography in the US. My point is that Americans are the least prepared of all the developed countries to play world policeman and more knowledge of history would help them realize it is not a role they want anyway.