[SerildaE]

My mother is German and when we first moved back to the US in the 80’s I was asked by my 5th grade classmates if they had running water and electricity in Germany. Do you think children are more aware of the rest of the world today?

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Name : SerildaE, Gender : Female, Age : 31, City : Jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, 

[Dot]

Possibly not true in other parts of the US, but in my neighborhood in L.A. there are more immigrant children (legal and otherwise) than native born. Their parents teach them about their homelands but complain bitterly when the schools try to teach them English, Civics, US History, etc.

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Name : Dot, Gender : Female, Age : none, City : L.A., State : CA, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, 

[Mara]

When I moved to the East Coast from the Mountain West, I lost count of how many curious folks asked whether we still had saloons, gun-totin’ cowboys, and yes, electricity and indoor bathrooms. It seems like Geography and Social Studies are the poor bastard step children of ‘a good education’.

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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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