www.standup.ord why is The USA called the DROP OUT NATION?
203830
I saw it on Oprah............. i suspected it before I saw it though and i knew the US was going down the drain.... Our school curriculum is so bad compared to others too... I like JA's curriculum
383735
Bcoz the poor pple from USA has a country without a correct name.\non the contrary think about this............United States of America.. \nThat means all the STATES (countries) in all AMERICA. It is a name that at least another 2 countries in AMERICA have.\n1.. United States of Brazil...and are in AMERICA\n2..United States of Mexico...and they are in AMERICA also.\nSo, we can make a concourse, a competition between all the people from the 3 AMERICAS (North, Central, and South) to try to find a more original name to USA.....
468274
United Statesian is an English translation for a term people in Latin America like to use when referring to Americans.  They made it up.  At some point, they got the bright idea that Americans shouldn't be calling themselves Americans because the continent is called America.\nThey think that we use the term America exclusively, leaving them out.  For some (stupid) reason, they think we don't know that the continent is called America.  In their minds, they are Americans, too, so they took it upon themselves to rename us.\n\nI had this explained to me over and over by Mexicans when I was travelling there and they asked me where I was from.  They also like to call us North Americans.  \n\nThey get real irritated when you point out to them that Mexico is also called United States of Mexico, and is located in North America, so they are United Statesians and North Americans, by their own wording.  Then they get this dumb look on their face when you show them a map and tell them that the continent called America and the nation called America are two different things.
569843
I think America is arrogant :&#92; sometimes the individuals, but mostly the nation as a whole. It gets kind of annoying when people sit there praising America as if it has no faults and all other nations have no merits. Thats what I hear around alot.. "America is the best and everything else sux" It gets kind of annoying sometimes.
149184
a poor education system that focuses too much on America and little else. many of them are completely clueless about other countries and cultures. e.g. lots of them think of Europe as one country and think you can drive all over it in one week and see it all. A supposedly intelligent adult office worker in America once asked my Scottish friend if they have computers in Scotland! I rest my case.
137025
Well, lets look at the facts:\n-USA's the richest country\n-they (other countries) are communists (DUH!)\n-they believe in stupid religions\n-they're nationalists; racists too\n-their poorly educated\n-this is "the land of the free" where they dislike our rules of free speech, sex, etc.\n-they're NOT AMERICAN (DUH!)\n-scientifically advanced nuclear weapons of "mass destruction"
433257
There's a whole nation to the north of you that has a higher standard of living, its economy is in better shape, the minimum wage is higher, has universal health care instead of a bloated military that spends trillions on weapons that are never used, is not obsessed with imposing one religion or another on its multicultural citizens, is present as peacekeepers in the world's hotspots, has soldiers coming home dead or injured due to American "friendly fire", has marriage for all, and is a parliamentary democracy. It's the second largest nation on the planet, shares the North American continent, and by and large, most of its population has no desire to be American.
206984
People identify themselves with their proper country name, not their continent's name. For example, British, German, French, not European (though this term is gaining broader use with the implementation of the EU). Or Japanese, Chinese, Korean, not Asian (Country origin compared with general ethnicity).\n\nSince the United States is the only country in either North or South America with the term "America" in it's proper country name, that term has been used as short hand to refer to anyone who is a citizen of the United States of America. This may change, however, as the world switches from individual country economics & politics to continental economics & politics.
650441
YUgoslavia ceased to exist in the form that it qualified this was also true when they were removed from the #European Championships. Put it this way if half the American states seceede from the Union would the have the right to call themselves USA. What about the other half.
244960
Don't laugh. There's nothing funny going on here. This is about your life and mine. It's about decent hardworking Americans falling through the cracks and getting the shaft, because their government cares more about the constitutional rights of a bunch of people who aren't even citizens of this country. On the Statue of Liberty it says, "give me your tired your hungry, your poor." Well it's Americans who are tired, and hungry, and poor. And I say, until you take care of that, close the f**king book.
306963
NICE question. Because we're LITERALLY 'dumbed down\nyou read 1984? the book isn't just idle speculation; has FAAR more parallels than you'd believe.\nthe reason people are kept dumb? easier to rule.\n\n--and for those who wanna know how america came to be rich; it's because of slavery.
483128
Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America.\n\nThe pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an "awesome God" in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we’ve got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.
643802
You're right, to Americans if it isn't about America they really dont care. Single mindedness is what it's called. They are taught virtually nothing about the rest of the world at school, so I guess that is where it starts.
300306
first of all, most of the answers on here are a joke.  most of the answers here from non-americans go into detail about how snobby, condescending, and judgemental americans are.  hmmmm.  that's really funny, considering the fact that your comments lead everyone to believe that you too are, well, snobby, condescending, and judgemental.\n\namerica was founded in certain principles and ideas that unfortunately have been compromised over the years.  this is rather sad, naturally.  however, it's pretty retarded to hate an entire nation of people based on the actions of the president or a handful of people who happen to be in power.  i dare anyone to name me a country with a perfect government.\nhmmmmmm...\nwell?\n\nalso, i see comments about americans liking fast food, and americans being fat, materialistic, wealthy, etc etc.\ni've had the excellent fortune to have the opportunity to travel all over the world.  i can't think of one single country i have been to, from europe to south america to asia that isn't covered with fast food joints... that doesn't have overweight people...\nas far as americans being materialistic, some are, sure.  i saw many more materialistic people in certain european countries, korea, argentina.  people who live in shacks but just HAVE to have that burberry shirt and those gucci sunglasses.\n\namerica has faults, but who doesn't?  america is better and worse than other countries in some aspects, and i'm 100% sure that can be said for all nations.  go to america and meet some americans before making ignorant comments... instead of watching whatever propaganda is on the news channels.  if i believed everything i read in the news about other countries, i'd be xenophobic too.  so get over yourself and move on with your lives.
568558
America is easier to say.  United States of America is such a long name, not many people want to say that long phrase all the time when they refer to their own country.
561801
Don't know what you mean by the DECIDER!*.  I do know that many countries look to the USA for financial and military support.  I also know from personal experience that many people believe that all Americans live like George Bush, Donald Trump or Jennifer Lopez.  I have traveled and made it my mission to prove that we are not all "Ugly Americans" nor do we all belong on the set of "Dallas".  Much like the problems in the USA, this is a situation that need to be handled person to person.  I don't recommend Rick Santorum meet with a group of under privileged youth, that would be like Donald Trump sitting down to lunch with people at a shelter.  The USA needs to start at home with representatives who can actually speak to those they represent.  After that they can move on to bridging the gap with other nations.
150511
We've been sick of Americans for a long time, but there's unfortunately not much we can do about it except make fun of Americans on our own TV. Heck, we go so far, unfortunately, as to base a large amount of our national pride on being not American. So yeah, we're sick of you all; maybe that's why we're not as helpful on the international scene now as we were.