What do you mean? Most people aren't familiar with either shows, even in the United States. This thread is more for something that should be common sense/knowledge. TNG and NuBSG aren't in that category.
Things you're shocked people don't know
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I was talking about my own personal preferences. Saying "Most people don't know either..." (in relation to Lookingglassman's post, "That NuBSG is better than ST:TNG") implies that they should. That they're wrong if they think otherwise. I'm just saying I disagree with that statement.
This wouldn't surprise me. I "studied" WWII several times throughout school, but the only thing we ever learned about were concentration camps and Pearl Harbor.
What can I say, I'm a history buff.
That's good. I wish I had learned more about history in school. I probably learned about WWII 4 times throughout school, but I never learned anything NEW.
Oh really, the Nazis were bad? Thanks for that.
I learned more about WWII from watching "Band of Brothers" than I ever learned in school.
Oh really, the Nazis were bad? Thanks for that.
I learned more about WWII from watching "Band of Brothers" than I ever learned in school.
I have always been exceptionally poor at math.
on the other hand, you can ask me anything about prehistoric life or animals
I'm stunned how many Americans can't find their own country on a map, let alone locate the state in which they live.
You know, people say stuff like this, but I really don't believe it. Have you actually come into contact with real people who haven't been able to do this?
Please tell me these people aren't in positions of authority.
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I have.
Unless you live in Florida....
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I had this romantic notion in middle school that I was going to learn Spanish and go to Spain as an exchange student and it was going to be magical...
Boy that didn't work out...I took 5 years of Spanish and can't speak it, never got to got to Spain or Chile which I really wanted to do...my life is just sad.
I had this romantic notion in middle school that I was going to learn Spanish and go to Spain as an exchange student and it was going to be magical...
Boy that didn't work out...I took 5 years of Spanish and can't speak it, never got to got to Spain or Chile which I really wanted to do...my life is just sad. 
Don't you have to learn another language at school in the USA?
At high school I studied French for four years and German for a single year. Even today, more than 35 years I can understand simple basic written French.
My sons learnt a little Japanese at school.
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I had this romantic notion in middle school that I was going to learn Spanish and go to Spain as an exchange student and it was going to be magical...
lol you never got pass Hola, como esta?
Depends on the school district. In my school, you had to take 2 years of a foreign language OR something else (which I don't remember), which is hardly enough to make a difference.
I ended up taking 4 and continued some through college, but it's hardly mandatory.
When I worked for a very large department store, I was put in charge of the Christmas department, and I had to demo the new toys and decor we had for the other managers. One of the gifts we were pushing that year was the GeoSafari globe. It would talk to you and give you a little geography lesson, and then quiz you on certain areas. You just had to press the country on the globe surface. Out of about 7 or 8 adults (Texans, of course), I was the only one who could find Ireland on the globe. I was also the only one who not only knew where Sri Lanka was, but I was also the only one who had even HEARD of if.
There was one woman who couldn't find FLORIDA. I mean---JESUS. I was horrified.
