My friend teaches at a primary school in rural NZ.

She asked the kids to draw a cup and saucer. Most didn't know what a saucer is.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 21:42, 7 replies)

In Hawaii the teachers have a similar problem
The USA standardized tests require the kids to draw a sled.

They score poor marks because kids in Hawaii don't know what a sled is, do they now.
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 2:25, closed)

Ye gods and little fishes
I have seen many adults unable to use a fork without awkwardness but that one beats me. Is it that the better off we get the less civilised we become?
(Redemption blamed it on the Bossa Nova since, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 12:37, closed)

no, just that saucers are a waste of time
IMHO

Most people use mugs anyway...
(TheFlyingOnion. looking forward to, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 14:43, closed)

Not Surprising.....
Saucers were classed as an agricultural pest in NZ the late 1960s, leading to the Great Saucer Cull of 1974. Millions of saucers were destroyed by large teams of hunters and airdropped poisons. The few that survive were rendered unable to breed, and have to be strictly controlled. Experts expect that saucers will be extinct in 30 years time.
Of course some few remain on display in a taxitermised state in museums and homes of the elderly.
So is really not surprising the NZ kids don't know what a saucer is!
(Sebulba continues to fight evil with evil....., Sun 7 Nov 2010, 17:30, closed)

Rural New Zealand
in a discussion about technology?
(barbedwiretumbleweed Fast 'n' Bulbous!, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 21:30, closed)

To be fair, they have some of the most hi-tech farmers in the world. They just use mugs for their coffee, not cups and saucers.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 21:46, closed)

Saucers is them things you buy in bulk, ex hotel, at car boot sales to put under plant pots. Much cheaper than the proper plastic ones.
(Benzyl, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 22:18, closed)