What Is She Talking About?, Miss Teen South Carolina

pashmina

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

Miss Teen South Carolina: "I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh...people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our...
Editor's note: It was painful typing this dialogue.

crdowner

I hope she got really nervous and confused. I hate to think she could actually be that dumb.

wylieconlon

Even if she was nervous and confused, which she likely was, she appeared to be completely oblivious to the fact that she was making no sense. When she was interviewed again, after the fact, she did give a better answer, but it seemed too scripted. I don't blame her for giving a bad answer- in fact, I would have probably done something similar. I just say that the fact that she couldn't give some sign that she was not, in fact, completely lost, is not good.