Re: people who are embarassingly bad at geography...
 

Hey, we'll keep him.

Fact is that some people simply don't learn in a way that is condusive to understanding certain subjects.

I was pretty good in History, Geography, etc -- and terrible in Math.

But hey, that doesn't make me a bad person.

Usually.

Funny that someone brought this up.. because this is always something that astonishes me as well. I know world geography pretty good actually, I guess bc I have always been interested in traveling and other cultures. Anyways.

I can forgive someone for world geography screw ups, but when someone doesn’t know the U.S. even worse, bordering states.. that’s just bad. :o

This isn't geography, but...
 

About 3 months ago I learned that the Washington Redskins are located in Washington, DC and not Washington state. :)

Since no one should be working this close to the holiday, this may be fun for some. Embarrasing for others but you'll get the hang of it.

http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

When I was 8, I thought all countries were connected together, and at real wierd places, like I thought China was right under Mexico

A good friend of mine, who is normally very intelligent, asked me recently if I had ever been to Norweiga.:rolleyes:

YES!!! I can go to recess now BABYYYYYYYYY!!! :D

I love geography and l break out my atlas at least once a month to look at things.

Now as for the united states, the places that I know really well are the west coast, south west, south, and north and south east. I really get mixed up with some of the new england states and in the middle I get confused. This is why I look at my atlas to make sure that I know where I'm talking about. I have the "general" area's correct, its the specific placing that I get confused about sometimes. Its not like I put Idaho on the east coast and vermont where nebraska is supposed to be.

I am never afraid to say, ok where's the atlas.

Another thing that I do occasionally is sit down and write out all 50 states and then do it again alphabetically.

Ahh I LOVE looking at maps and globes too. My family thinks Im so weird (and they're right) but I can just look at where things are on a globe, map of the US, or even just a road map of the County or town for sooo long and not get bored. I love seeing where things are in relation to each other. I guess thats why I was so amazed by these stories in the first place!

51 states?
 

Ok, maybe it is time to whip out my dusty atlas. Where's the 51st state? I know in the Ms. America pagents there are 51 contestants. The fifty states plus DC. Are people including DC as an official state now?

PLEASE tell me that this was a joke.

KS 361

Ha! I missed that...

Me too...haha

One of my housemates this year is from Hawaii and she was telling me that when she applied for a job at Starbucks, the manager told her he felt weird about calling her cell phone because international calls are so expensive.:eek:

I knew a girl who didn't know where Portugal was when she was 14. When I tried to tell her it was in Europe, she looked at me blankly. I had to tell her about continents and oceans before she could understand.