I held a study in high school. Ten out of fifteen American students couldn't draw an accurate outline of canada.
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They didn't even know where it began and ended.
Actually, not one of the fifteen people drew canada as being larger than the US.
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Classmates of mine in high school.
Ranked as one of the best high schools in America, apparently. Though I beg to differ.
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Ranked as one of the best high schools in America, apparently. Though I beg to differ.
I'd be surprised if anyone could
apart from the occasional person with obsessive compulsive disorder.
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Well I reckon your average British person knows the shape
of France, it's like a dented pentagon.
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which is why
les français call mainland france "l'hexagone"
/snide
/edit: not "le hexagon" but "l'hexagone" bugger and proof positive
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/snide
/edit: not "le hexagon" but "l'hexagone" bugger and proof positive
Is the West coast counted as two sides?
I make it one then dent it
/shrug
EDIT: Ninja, also, cough medicine can be fun
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/shrug
EDIT: Ninja, also, cough medicine can be fun
Haha
everyone used to say that! Did a masters in computing science after to make up for it!
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Ignorance about Canadian geography
isn't limited to Americans.
I met a Canadian graduate student (from Ontario) who didn't know the difference between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Kind of like a Londoner mixing up Wales and Scotland. And they always shrug and say more or less, "Sorry, but who cares? Nobody important lives there."
But this was during her thesis defense.
Last week.
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I met a Canadian graduate student (from Ontario) who didn't know the difference between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Kind of like a Londoner mixing up Wales and Scotland. And they always shrug and say more or less, "Sorry, but who cares? Nobody important lives there."
But this was during her thesis defense.
Last week.