You Couldn’t Make It Up!! Says A Lot About The Us Education System?
Just announced on SKY
“Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder has admitted not knowing people speak English in London.
The NFL player might want to check a map before he gets on board a plane for Sunday’s prestige game against the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium.
Crowder, who comes from Atlanta in Georgia, may be praised on the field, but confessed geography was not his strong point.
He admitted he did not know until now where London was – or that Londoners spoke English.
“I couldn’t find London on a map if they didn’t have the names of the countries,” he said.
“I swear to God. I don’t know what nothing is. I know Italy looks like a boot. I learned that.”
Crowder added: “I know (Washington Redskins linebacker) London Fletcher. We did a football camp together. So I know him.
That’s the closest thing I know to London. He’s black, so I’m sure he’s not from London. I’m sure that’s a coincidental name.”
The Miami Dolphins are play the New York Giants at Wembley
chip2001 on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 10:53 am
You think THIS is bad? Where I live (a large ghetto in a deep Southern city) they have barbed wire around the schools! And it’s not because the kids there are angels.
Very, very few kids make it out of there with any hope of living a productive normal life working a regular job, let alone continuing on to higher education and entering any professional field.
They sabotage each other, even making outcasts of their fellow students who DO want to study and get good grades, accusing these kids of “acting white”. This attitude is extremely widespread in schools where most of the student body is black.
Perhaps Mr. Crowder will feel a bit of shame at his remarks and realise his shortcomings. Maybe he will even decide to use the opportunity to study the way he should have the first time around.
Mike C on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 11:02 am
I just posted the same link to some other question.
I knew Americans were mostly ignorant about what happens outside the USA, but this has to take the biscuit.
“He’s black so I’m sure he’s not from London”!!!!!!
And thanks for the laugh Roy M – how typically American! Don’t care what’s happening in the world, only what’s going on in your own land. Don’t you want to have your horizons broadened? Seems to me that a basic knowledge of world geography is a very important thing.
chip2001 on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 11:04 am
Oh wow…. you’re telling us that some sportsmen are dumb..
and some rednecks are quite parochial
well, no sh1t sherlock!!
Julia D on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 11:25 am
It makes you wonder why they bother wearing helmets!
domme me on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 11:29 am
um um Drugs are bad mmkay …
Just more proof these big name colleges hire tutors to take these athletes tests granted he does’nt have to no geography .
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say he does’nt say another word to a reporter for the rest of the year
And if i was his mama i would slap the Stupid right out of him
England already hates us and they are going to use this to prove there point yes 1 guy makes the whole country look dumb
Zecca on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 12:08 pm
what the **** would you expect he is american after all, the country where they breed ignorance, if only the yanks could look outside their beloved U S A they would see how the world potrays them. did anybody stop to think that this is a poor job at getting some much neeeded press attention to a sport the country could’nt give a **** about.
Dan M on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 12:44 pm
I personally believe that 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, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, 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 children.
Shuffty on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 1:23 pm
History is and will always be based on the Olympics
Good Sports Man ship Word Wide,
its the Strength of the Body no Involvement in arguments
of the Mind So leave it to the One Whom deserves the
GOAL..for the real Sport it Represents
practice makes Perfection,,,the very best to all of You,!!
retired on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 2:14 pm
channing crowder makes millions of dollars every year. and will for another 10 yrs maybe.
seems to me, hes pretty smart. i work 40+ hours a week for a mere percentage of what he makes. he feeds his kids and pays his bills just fine. he lives like a king.
see in america, we dont care about knowing 5 languages or world traveling {{why would we, we’re free here and its safe for us.}} we care about our families and our lives. in america, it is necessary to know MUCH about the things important to you…. it is very unnecessary to know different languages. ..
this channing crowder, capitalized on what he knows best and he makes more money in 1 year than anyone answering this question will make in 30 yrs.
patrona on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 2:53 pm
Obviously the University of Florida only recruits the smartest of people to play there.
Roy M on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 3:36 pm
Yeah, I`ve just read that report. It says a lot for the American education system doesn`t it… ha, ha, ha, ha.
Thick! is an understatement for them.
juicetke on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 4:04 pm
Ask the same guy whether or not to rush the quarterback if the offense lines up in the shotgun formation.
Ask him to describe how he “reads” an offensive formation and knows where the quartback is going to put the ball.
Ask him if he knows his own defensive playbook backwards and forwards and upside down.
We don’t ask him to know geography. we ask him to line up and hit guys really really hard, sacrificing his own body for our entertainment.
I betcha he can’t answer any questions about quantum physics or relativity theory either. I bet he can’t diagnose the symptoms of liver disease. Why should he?
Northern Lad on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 4:20 pm
I’d say that he had a few too many concussions
chocolah on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 4:45 pm
Not paid to be a rocket scientist.
Paid to push people around.
Foggy Idea on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 5:06 pm
It’s not the US education.. it’s just his education. Showed that he paid more attention to playing sports than staying in the books.
Your educational standpoint, or lack thereof, is proven by your own statement that, “he’s black, so I’m sure he’s not from London.” Hmmm, are people in London as ignorant as you? Maybe I should just make that assumption as you did about the entire educational system in the US.
Don’t pigeonhole everyone. The US is made up of individuals that either choose to pay attention or choose to ignore things.
EDIT: so by your comment that it in fact was a cut in paste, i can assume all people from your region are ignorant? or would you see that as an unfair assumption… Besides, maybe you should have just posted your own opinion on the subject instead of cutting and pasting an entire document as if it were your own thoughts. He even confessed geography wasn’t his strong point so why even post the question.. or in your case the statement? what are u trying to prove exactly about one individual as opposed to everyone else residing in the US?
Fuzzybut on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 5:09 pm
I would say it is more of how athletes are treated instead of the whole education system. Athletes with promise can do whatever they want, as they are never told no.
That is pretty ridiculous though. The PR person for the Dolphins must have pooped him/herself.
ceadmile on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 5:12 pm
Yeah I just posted that link on another answer!
Christ, that is really bad!!! He should be ashamed for not knowing that the language he speaks which is called ENGLISH is from a country called ENGLAND, the capital of which is LONDON!!!
Wow I know they say that Americans are oblivious to life outside America but this really takes the biscuit!
Carnac on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 5:59 pm
its just so sad… and what was the question part?
Emma on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 6:35 pm
Well Geography obviously isn’t his strong point but I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt for not knowing people in London speak English, as last time I was in London most of the people I passed on the street were speaking in foreign and every shop, cafe and bar I went in to, not one person working there was English and I struggled to understand what they were saying to me.
robertoc on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 6:51 pm
It says more about Channing Crowder than it does about the US education system.
Just like your error in the last sentence of your statement tells me about your education (or lack of it).
edit – So it’s a cut and paste. What does the last statement say about the education system in the UK? Perhaps, it says something about the hiring standards in your country. Or perhaps, it says that before you start attacking an entire country, you should make sure your affairs are in order first.
I feel sorry for you.
zeggy on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 7:06 pm
Umm…if you actually watch the interview, he was joking. Somone posted on this elsewhere — he went to class with Crowder at UF at some kind of political science/geography class and said that Crowder was a great student, fun guy.
da3rdxsa on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 7:07 pm
Don’t think its anything to do with the education system….there are many places in America I do not know about…..after all we are in Europe and there are many English kids who have no idea where anywhere is…if you don’t believe me ask a kid where Greece is on a map…..
So don’t mock…..having said that Americans are very Parochial and tend to stay at home….I did read that up to 80% of Americans do not have a passport and do not travel beyond the 48 states.
icequeen on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 7:46 pm
Must have played at LSU…..what a moron!
Color has nothing to do with it at all…..he’s just stupid!
Knownow' on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 7:50 pm
It just proves that football players really are stupid meatheads.
In England they speak British.
and there are black people there too.
give that guy the ‘doo do-doo’ star.