YouTube: quick questions posed to people on the street

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

Disturbing.
This YouTube was shared with me by a colleague (Jim Stroud) on EnglishCafe
http://www.englishcafe.com/blog/americans-are-not-stupid-with-subtitles-13273
I laughed, but am horrified. Were any of these ’staged’? Would that many people truly not recognize that some places were mis-labeled on that world map?????
The educator side of me sees wonderful PBL (project-based-learning) possibilities here.
I believe this should be shown [...]