Tuition dollars at work
(The Signal 2.15)
Kudos to Bulgaria and Romania for officially joining the European Union! That’s funny because I always thought they were in South America or something. On second thought, maybe that’s Botswana and Rwanda. I always get those mixed up. All of the little countries on those other little continents kind of run together after a while. I do well just to remember that the Atlantic is west and the Pacific is east. Thank God for Contemporary World! If it weren’t for that map test I probably wouldn’t even know that much. It is always nice to see my tuition dollars at work ($10,000 per ocean) when I can show off my education even though that doesn’t never often happen much.
Supplemental Material
Who cares about the European Union or any of these other countries? Not many people apparently. Last year a survey was conducted by National Geographic to measure geographic literacy among Americans aged 18-24. In another proud moment for the country, Americans reaffirmed their global reputation of egocentrism by miserably failing the survey. Here are a few results:
- 33% could not pinpoint Louisiana on a map
- 60% could not find Iraq on a map of the Middle East
- 88% could not find Afghanistan on a map of Asia
- 50% could not identify the state of New York
- 37% could not find their own wenis (look it up)
