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LOL
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Hahahaha :banghead:

Reminds me of a funny story. So last year during and Mock Trial meeting, we were all split up doing or stuff and this really stupid kid is staring at a map OF THE US and calls my friend over and points at it and says "Where's the Philippines?" :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA



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Ahah, wow someone slap her.

Edit: Heh, South Carolina.
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For my geography class we had 5 sections, each section we had to memorize the map...and for certain countries states/cities.

I memorized all of eastern asia
Then I memorized all of europe (easiest of all of them)
Then it was russia (complex)
Then it was the US states (also pretty easy)
Then it was africa, as well as its 13 divisions (Farking hard, took me like 2 hours of staring at the map to be able to redraw it all)
Then it was south america (pretty easy)

Along with that we learned all the mountains and rivers. Russia has too many rivers, bays, and mountains -.-


I still remember clearly every single country we saw, I can basically redraw the entire map. However, I noticed a lot of my classmates had difficulty with this. I think the problem is with parents. When I was younger my parents never read me fairy tales; I don't even know the story to beauty and the beast, cinderella or exactly how goldy locks goes. What they did do is buy me history books and encyclopedias. I remember for my 8th birthday all I wanted was a Farking globe. They bought me it, and I used to play "find the country" with my father.
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dom wrote:For my geography class we had 5 sections, each section we had to memorize the map...and for certain countries states/cities.

I memorized all of eastern asia
Then I memorized all of europe (easiest of all of them)
Then it was russia (complex)
Then it was the US states (also pretty easy)
Then it was africa, as well as its 13 divisions (Farking hard, took me like 2 hours of staring at the map to be able to redraw it all)
Then it was south america (pretty easy)

Along with that we learned all the mountains and rivers. Russia has too many rivers, bays, and mountains -.-


I still remember clearly every single country we saw, I can basically redraw the entire map. However, I noticed a lot of my classmates had difficulty with this. I think the problem is with parents. When I was younger my parents never read me fairy tales; I don't even know the story to beauty and the beast, cinderella or exactly how goldy locks goes. What they did do is buy me history books and encyclopedias. I remember for my 8th birthday all I wanted was a Farking globe. They bought me it, and I used to play "find the country" with my father.


Me too, except we used maps, not a globe. And memorizing Africa was annoying :banghead:
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Please don't tell me she won? :banghead:
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This doesnt speak for all america, there are hella stupid people out there. i know 1/5 is wrong they just got a bad interview group
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Hahaha ... "I'd hit her though".
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Ashikiheyun wrote:
dom wrote:For my geography class we had 5 sections, each section we had to memorize the map...and for certain countries states/cities.

I memorized all of eastern asia
Then I memorized all of europe (easiest of all of them)
Then it was russia (complex)
Then it was the US states (also pretty easy)
Then it was africa, as well as its 13 divisions (Farking hard, took me like 2 hours of staring at the map to be able to redraw it all)
Then it was south america (pretty easy)

Along with that we learned all the mountains and rivers. Russia has too many rivers, bays, and mountains -.-


I still remember clearly every single country we saw, I can basically redraw the entire map. However, I noticed a lot of my classmates had difficulty with this. I think the problem is with parents. When I was younger my parents never read me fairy tales; I don't even know the story to beauty and the beast, cinderella or exactly how goldy locks goes. What they did do is buy me history books and encyclopedias. I remember for my 8th birthday all I wanted was a Farking globe. They bought me it, and I used to play "find the country" with my father.


Me too, except we used maps, not a globe. And memorizing Africa was annoying :banghead:


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i asked for history books until my parents moved to america

then i asked for POKEMON good times
and a play station (wrong system)

my geography class realy did make americans look dumb
then again i was a sophomore in a freshman class
cause the fing state of georgia counted my credits wrong
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hahahahahaha i can't believe that's real

none of it made any sense and she didn't actually answer the question............. but whatever, it's funny xD
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dom wrote:For my geography class we had 5 sections, each section we had to memorize the map...and for certain countries states/cities.

I memorized all of eastern asia
Then I memorized all of europe (easiest of all of them)
Then it was russia (complex)
Then it was the US states (also pretty easy)
Then it was africa, as well as its 13 divisions (Farking hard, took me like 2 hours of staring at the map to be able to redraw it all)
Then it was south america (pretty easy)

Along with that we learned all the mountains and rivers. Russia has too many rivers, bays, and mountains -.-


I still remember clearly every single country we saw, I can basically redraw the entire map. However, I noticed a lot of my classmates had difficulty with this. I think the problem is with parents. When I was younger my parents never read me fairy tales; I don't even know the story to beauty and the beast, cinderella or exactly how goldy locks goes. What they did do is buy me history books and encyclopedias. I remember for my 8th birthday all I wanted was a Farking globe. They bought me it, and I used to play "find the country" with my father.




Sounds like you had a geography fetish that your parents pushed.....

I grew up reading. Some where fact some where fiction some were encyclopedias some where dictionaries some were magazines but i grew up reading. My Mom bought me books every year for Christmas until she said she couldn't afford it because i read them to quickly. Do i blame my parents for my love of reading NO. They do get credit for encouraging it though. My guess Dom is that if you loved maps so much you would've found a way to read and learn about them on your own even if your parents didn't encourage it.

But seriously even if you didn't read Beauty and the Beast did you at least see the Disney movie....i think it was nominated for best movie by the academy.....your missing out

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Not just maps. I can draw a accurate and immensely detailed timeline from -3500 bc to today, including almost everything. However, i've never done it all at once, usually it takes me 1-2 pages for 100 years.

My parents have home videos of when I was younger, I never watched any kid shows. I'd watch black and white history documentaries and stand on my couch with my arms out like an airplane acting the planes on tv. I'm still like that, i've never watched cartoons. On tv I only have 4 channels: history, discovery, comedy, and late at night I watch pilot guides/lonely planet on outdoor life network.

When I was younger, sunday was family day. Every sunday, instead of going to the park or whatever, my dad used to bring me to a flight simulator place we had just outside of town. They had a tournament one year, it was amazing. There was a bunch of ex airforce, a lot of vets.

My dream growing up was to join the military. When I got a bit older it was crushed when I learned about politics and realized I live in Canada =\
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dom wrote:Not just maps. I can draw a accurate and immensely detailed timeline from -3500 bc to today, including almost everything. However, i've never done it all at once, usually it takes me 1-2 pages for 100 years.

My parents have home videos of when I was younger, I never watched any kid shows. I'd watch black and white history documentaries and stand on my couch with my arms out like an airplane acting the planes on tv. I'm still like that, i've never watched cartoons. On tv I only have 4 channels: history, discovery, comedy, and late at night I watch pilot guides/lonely planet on outdoor life network.

When I was younger, sunday was family day. Every sunday, instead of going to the park or whatever, my dad used to bring me to a flight simulator place we had just outside of town. They had a tournament one year, it was amazing. There was a bunch of ex airforce, a lot of vets.

My dream growing up was to join the military. When I got a bit older it was crushed when I learned about politics and realized I live in Canada =\



come to America....we've got an active army and yeah still sounds like geography thing was based more on you than your parents. how did politics ruin your dream though?

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dom wrote:Not just maps. I can draw a accurate and immensely detailed timeline from -3500 bc to today, including almost everything. However, i've never done it all at once, usually it takes me 1-2 pages for 100 years.

My parents have home videos of when I was younger, I never watched any kid shows. I'd watch black and white history documentaries and stand on my couch with my arms out like an airplane acting the planes on tv. I'm still like that, i've never watched cartoons. On tv I only have 4 channels: history, discovery, comedy, and late at night I watch pilot guides/lonely planet on outdoor life network.

When I was younger, sunday was family day. Every sunday, instead of going to the park or whatever, my dad used to bring me to a flight simulator place we had just outside of town. They had a tournament one year, it was amazing. There was a bunch of ex airforce, a lot of vets.

My dream growing up was to join the military. When I got a bit older it was crushed when I learned about politics and realized I live in Canada =\



come to America....we've got an active army and yeah still sounds like geography thing was based more on you than your parents. how did politics ruin your dream though?


Canada's military = farm equipment with bullet proof windows.
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dom wrote:
XemnasXD wrote:
dom wrote:Not just maps. I can draw a accurate and immensely detailed timeline from -3500 bc to today, including almost everything. However, i've never done it all at once, usually it takes me 1-2 pages for 100 years.

My parents have home videos of when I was younger, I never watched any kid shows. I'd watch black and white history documentaries and stand on my couch with my arms out like an airplane acting the planes on tv. I'm still like that, i've never watched cartoons. On tv I only have 4 channels: history, discovery, comedy, and late at night I watch pilot guides/lonely planet on outdoor life network.

When I was younger, sunday was family day. Every sunday, instead of going to the park or whatever, my dad used to bring me to a flight simulator place we had just outside of town. They had a tournament one year, it was amazing. There was a bunch of ex airforce, a lot of vets.

My dream growing up was to join the military. When I got a bit older it was crushed when I learned about politics and realized I live in Canada =\



come to America....we've got an active army and yeah still sounds like geography thing was based more on you than your parents. how did politics ruin your dream though?


Canada's military = farm equipment with bullet proof windows.



BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...why haven't we conquered you guys yet?

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XemnasXD wrote:
dom wrote:
XemnasXD wrote:
dom wrote:Not just maps. I can draw a accurate and immensely detailed timeline from -3500 bc to today, including almost everything. However, i've never done it all at once, usually it takes me 1-2 pages for 100 years.

My parents have home videos of when I was younger, I never watched any kid shows. I'd watch black and white history documentaries and stand on my couch with my arms out like an airplane acting the planes on tv. I'm still like that, i've never watched cartoons. On tv I only have 4 channels: history, discovery, comedy, and late at night I watch pilot guides/lonely planet on outdoor life network.

When I was younger, sunday was family day. Every sunday, instead of going to the park or whatever, my dad used to bring me to a flight simulator place we had just outside of town. They had a tournament one year, it was amazing. There was a bunch of ex airforce, a lot of vets.

My dream growing up was to join the military. When I got a bit older it was crushed when I learned about politics and realized I live in Canada =\



come to America....we've got an active army and yeah still sounds like geography thing was based more on you than your parents. how did politics ruin your dream though?


Canada's military = farm equipment with bullet proof windows.



BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...why haven't we conquered you guys yet?


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StealMySoda wrote:Please don't tell me she won? :banghead:


she probably did

if she was the smartest one, i'd hate to see the dumb ones :roll:
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dom wrote:...I never watched any kid shows...i've never watched cartoons...

Well, at least I know where your dislike of anime started.
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Education here in Holland is hell, i had to learn Africa, North and South America, Russia, Asia, Europe and Australia.


This includes rivers, mountains, states and important cities.


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Zypher wrote:LOL
my friend sent this to me earlier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww


LOL @ AC SLATER ABOUT TO BUST OUT LAUGHING


well its nice to see he landed on his feet after saved by the bell :roll:
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