Okay, it’s time to help spread the news. “Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map.” A Miss Teen USA contestant was told this and asked why she thinks this is. I’d think by this time she could put together a halfway well-reasoned answer to such a basic question by this stage in her contestant career. The problem here is not just an issue of public speaking, but of it really makes me thinks she’s ONE of those 20%.

Check out her response:

Here’s the transcript if you didn’t catch it in her response (which is quite possible) or if you just want to follow along:

Questioner: Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?

Miss Teen South Carolina: I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and 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. or should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us.

And we wonder why the rest of the world thinks we’re idiots!!