October 21, 2006

It's Not Just Here

Turns out one in five schoolchildren in the United Kingdom does not have the ability to locate the United Kingdom on a map. For a long time, we've been bemoaning the lack of education in the United States.

I suppose it's comforting that it's not just American schoolchildren who cannot find their own countries on a map. I suppose it also is useful to deflate the myth that people with British accents are necessarily smart.

But really, it's kind of sad. It's a map. You are on it, somewhere. Knowing where on the map you are is a good thing and it's worth the time to figure that out.

2 comments:

  1. Salsola10/22/2006 12:04 AM

    I have never really understood that myself.

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  2. Anonymous10/22/2006 5:16 AM

    Perhaps it is the discovery or realization of this ignorance that drives people to abandon their lives and "find themselves".

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