Why 1/5 of Americans Can't Locate The U.S.
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:43 am
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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.
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
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.
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 =\
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?
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.
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?
StealMySoda wrote:Please don't tell me she won?
dom wrote:...I never watched any kid shows...i've never watched cartoons...
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
Zypher wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
dom wrote:http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZABeQ5vkpXM