If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states and
are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a
list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. I
also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names (NOT
the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly but
I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if most
Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states and
are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a
list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. I
also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names (NOT
the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to pronounce >American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly but
I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if most
Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video.
Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states
and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also
given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list.
I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names
(NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all
in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly
but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if
most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked
up some of them on google maps.
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this
video. Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US
states and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are
also given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list.
I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names
(NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're
all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly
but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if
most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've
looked up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've been
but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to
look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no political significance at all: they don't function like states with their own governments. There are really just two levels of government, the federal government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the
shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a
blank map? I think we're from the generation that actually had geography
in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt that
the current generation of school children - and maybe the previous
generation or two as well - got that same information.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video.
Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states and
are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a
list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
I'm impressed that several people picked out Wyoming.
If I were to identify provinces and territories in Canada, on an
unlabeled map without cities, I'd likely mix up Manitoba and Saskatewan.
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. I
also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names (NOT
the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to pronounce
American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly but
I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if most
Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
Elementary schools tend to teach how to recognize states by shape. I
don't know why as it's not a geography lesson.
I could probably pick out two German states, perhaps half dozen French provinces, wouldn't recognize political subdivisions in Russia nor
China. I could probably pick out half a dozen Indian states.
On 2/5/2025 9:46 AM, Rhino wrote:
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this
video. Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US
states and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are
also given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended
list. I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British
place names (NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where
Brits tried to pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy
ones). They're all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly
but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if
most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've
looked up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've
been but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd
have to look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no
political significance at all: they don't function like states with
their own governments. There are really just two levels of government,
the federal government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not
based on the shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given
a blank map? I think we're from the generation that actually had
geography in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason
to doubt that the current generation of school children - and maybe
the previous generation or two as well - got that same information.
Yes I could do all 50 easily, though I might have to think about a
couple of them. I actually read maps like a newspaper or magazine, as if
I were planning a road trip or two.
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video.
Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states and
are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a
list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. I
also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names
(NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all
in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly
but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if most
Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked
up some of them on google maps.
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video.
Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states
and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also
given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list.
I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names
(NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all
in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly
but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if
most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked
up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've been
but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to
look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no political significance at all: they don't function like states with their own governments. There are really just two levels of government, the federal government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the
shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a
blank map?
in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt that
the current generation of school children - and maybe the previous
generation or two as well - got that same information.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >>>> Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states
and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also
given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list.
I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names
(NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all >>>> in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly
but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if
most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked
up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've been
but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to
look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no political
significance at all: they don't function like states with their own
governments. There are really just two levels of government, the federal
government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the
shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a
blank map?
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade school or early high school.
So I could’ve done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I’d get more than half of them now. I’d be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw puzzle, but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning in school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
I think we're from the generation that actually had geography
in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt that
the current generation of school children - and maybe the previous
generation or two as well - got that same information.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >>>> Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states
and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also
given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list.
I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names
(NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all >>>> in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly
but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if
most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked
up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've been
but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to
look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no political
significance at all: they don't function like states with their own
governments. There are really just two levels of government, the federal
government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the
shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a
blank map?
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade >school or early high school.
So I could’ve done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I’d get more than half of >them now. I’d be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw puzzle, >but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning in >school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
I think we're from the generation that actually had geography
in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt that
the current generation of school children - and maybe the previous
generation or two as well - got that same information.
On 2025-02-05 15:21:48 +0000, suzeeq said:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this
video. Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US
states and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are
also given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list.
I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names
(NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're
all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly
but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if
most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've
looked up some of them on google maps.
Many Americans would have a hard time finding the entire UK on a map.
Depending on which "study" you want to believe, 6% to "one third" of
(young) adult Americans can't even find the USA on a map - and they live there!!
On 2025-02-05 1:04 PM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 9:46 AM, Rhino wrote:
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this
video. Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US
states and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They
are also given a list of the states). They made some surprising
guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended
list. I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British
place names (NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where
Brits tried to pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy
ones). They're all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states
correctly but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm
not sure if most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've
looked up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've
been but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd
have to look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have
no political significance at all: they don't function like states
with their own governments. There are really just two levels of
government, the federal government and local "councils" whose
boundaries are not based on the shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given
a blank map? I think we're from the generation that actually had
geography in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason
to doubt that the current generation of school children - and maybe
the previous generation or two as well - got that same information.
Yes I could do all 50 easily, though I might have to think about a
couple of them. I actually read maps like a newspaper or magazine, as
if I were planning a road trip or two.
Excellent! I'm a fan of maps too. They're cool :-)
On 2025-02-05 6:07 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:I wonder if we were wise beyond our years or just too lazy to want to
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >>>>> Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states
and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also
given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. >>>>> I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names >>>>> (NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all >>>>> in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly >>>>> but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if
most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked >>>> up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've been >>> but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to >>> look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no political >>> significance at all: they don't function like states with their own
governments. There are really just two levels of government, the federal >>> government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the
shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a
blank map?
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade
school or early high school.
So I could’ve done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I’d get more than half of
them now. I’d be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw puzzle, >> but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning in
school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
work that hard for something that didn't seem useful to know....
In any case it really isn't particularly useful to be able to identify
all 50 states EXCEPT for random quizzes like this one. Education systems should not be geared towards teaching useless stuff.
I think we're from the generation that actually had geography
in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt that >>> the current generation of school children - and maybe the previous
generation or two as well - got that same information.
On 2025-02-05 1:04 PM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 9:46 AM, Rhino wrote:
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might
like this video. Several teams of two Brits are given
a map showing the 50 US states and are then given 10
minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a
list of the states). They made some surprising
guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9
minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my
recommended list. I also saw one where Americans tried
to pronounce British place names (NOT the easy ones
like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy
ones). They're all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US
states correctly but I know I'd have trouble with
some. Then again, I'm not sure if most Americans would
get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in
the correct place, or even larger cities like Leeds and
Birmingham. And I've looked up some of them on google
maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few
places that I've been but if you asked me where
Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to look all
of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no
political significance at all: they don't function like
states with their own governments. There are really just
two levels of government, the federal government and
local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the
shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them
correctly given a blank map? I think we're from the
generation that actually had geography in school and
learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt
that the current generation of school children - and
maybe the previous generation or two as well - got that
same information.
Yes I could do all 50 easily, though I might have to
think about a couple of them. I actually read maps like a
newspaper or magazine, as if I were planning a road trip
or two.
Excellent! I'm a fan of maps too. They're cool :-)
Rhino wrote:
On 2025-02-05 1:04 PM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 9:46 AM, Rhino wrote:
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might
like this video. Several teams of two Brits are given
a map showing the 50 US states and are then given 10
minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a
list of the states). They made some surprising
guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9
minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my
recommended list. I also saw one where Americans tried
to pronounce British place names (NOT the easy ones
like "London"), and another where Brits tried to
pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy
ones). They're all in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US
states correctly but I know I'd have trouble with
some. Then again, I'm not sure if most Americans would
get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in
the correct place, or even larger cities like Leeds and
Birmingham. And I've looked up some of them on google
maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few
places that I've been but if you asked me where
Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to look all
of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no
political significance at all: they don't function like
states with their own governments. There are really just
two levels of government, the federal government and
local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the
shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them
correctly given a blank map? I think we're from the
generation that actually had geography in school and
learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt
that the current generation of school children - and
maybe the previous generation or two as well - got that
same information.
Yes I could do all 50 easily, though I might have to
think about a couple of them. I actually read maps like a
newspaper or magazine, as if I were planning a road trip
or two.
Excellent! I'm a fan of maps too. They're cool :-)
Ditto! I've got a nice collection of state, city, and
a few country maps I've gathered over the years, plus
if someone I know is travelling. I ask them to pick up
a state/local map (freebie ones from visitor centers are
perfect) whenever they can for me.
When I'm reading a book set in an area I don't know well,
I like to get out a map of the area and get a feel for
the area. It makes the book more memorable (and sometimes
more understandable for history books).
Nyssa, who prefers her easily referenced paper maps to
online ones too
On 2025-02-06 1:19 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:We had to do a Shakespeare every year of high school and I don't
On 2025-02-05 6:07 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:I wonder if we were wise beyond our years or just too lazy to want to
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a >>>>> blank map?
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade >>>> school or early high school.
So I could've done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I'd get more than half of >>>> them now. I'd be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw puzzle, >>>> but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning in >>>> school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
work that hard for something that didn't seem useful to know....
In any case it really isn't particularly useful to be able to identify
all 50 states EXCEPT for random quizzes like this one. Education systems >>> should not be geared towards teaching useless stuff.
But boy howdy are they ever.
Like "to be or not to be" from Hamlet. We had to memorize it and got points >> for each line of it we could write down in a pop quiz. But none of it meant >> a thing to us.
remember ANYONE enjoying it: we just did our best to endure it.
I know that almost EVERYONE says he's the greatest writer ever - even
people I respect enormously like Solzhenitsyn - but I've never really understood why Shakespeare is thought to be so brilliant.
I suspect Shakespeare is taught mostly because of his reputation and the idea/hope that if they inflict Shakespeare on every single student, some
of his insight will be magically transferred to the student and make him
a better person.
I might appreciate him more as an adult if I were to give him another
try but I'd still need one of the high school editions where the "translations" (explanations of the words he's using) are on every line, otherwise I suspect it would be akin to reading Sanskrit.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-05 6:07 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:I wonder if we were wise beyond our years or just too lazy to want to
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >>>>>> Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states >>>>>> and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also >>>>>> given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. >>>>>> I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names >>>>>> (NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to >>>>>> pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all >>>>>> in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly >>>>>> but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if >>>>>> most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct
place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked >>>>> up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've been >>>> but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to >>>> look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no political >>>> significance at all: they don't function like states with their own
governments. There are really just two levels of government, the federal >>>> government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the
shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a >>>> blank map?
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade
school or early high school.
So I could’ve done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I’d get more than half of
them now. I’d be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw puzzle, >>> but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning in >>> school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
work that hard for something that didn't seem useful to know....
In any case it really isn't particularly useful to be able to identify
all 50 states EXCEPT for random quizzes like this one. Education systems
should not be geared towards teaching useless stuff.
But boy howdy are they ever.
Like “to be or not to be“ from Hamlet. We had to memorize it and got points
for each line of it we could write down in a pop quiz. But none of it meant
a thing to us.
I think we're from the generation that actually had geography
in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt that >>>> the current generation of school children - and maybe the previous
generation or two as well - got that same information.
On Feb 6, 2025 at 3:29:56 PM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-06 1:19 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:We had to do a Shakespeare every year of high school and I don't
On 2025-02-05 6:07 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:I wonder if we were wise beyond our years or just too lazy to want to
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a >>>>>> blank map?
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade >>>>> school or early high school.
So I could've done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I'd get more than half of >>>>> them now. I'd be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw puzzle, >>>>> but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning in >>>>> school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
work that hard for something that didn't seem useful to know....
In any case it really isn't particularly useful to be able to identify >>>> all 50 states EXCEPT for random quizzes like this one. Education systems >>>> should not be geared towards teaching useless stuff.
But boy howdy are they ever.
Like "to be or not to be" from Hamlet. We had to memorize it and got points >>> for each line of it we could write down in a pop quiz. But none of it meant >>> a thing to us.
remember ANYONE enjoying it: we just did our best to endure it.
I know that almost EVERYONE says he's the greatest writer ever - even
people I respect enormously like Solzhenitsyn - but I've never really
understood why Shakespeare is thought to be so brilliant.
I suspect Shakespeare is taught mostly because of his reputation and the
idea/hope that if they inflict Shakespeare on every single student, some
of his insight will be magically transferred to the student and make him
a better person.
I might appreciate him more as an adult if I were to give him another
try but I'd still need one of the high school editions where the
"translations" (explanations of the words he's using) are on every line,
otherwise I suspect it would be akin to reading Sanskrit.
Heathen!
Ignorance is the curse of God;
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
--Henry VI, Part 1
On 2025-02-06 1:19 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:We had to do a Shakespeare every year of high school and I don't
On 2025-02-05 6:07 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:I wonder if we were wise beyond our years or just too lazy to want to
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >>>>>>> Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states >>>>>>> and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also >>>>>>> given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. >>>>>>> I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names >>>>>>> (NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to >>>>>>> pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all >>>>>>> in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly >>>>>>> but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if >>>>>>> most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct >>>>>> place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked >>>>>> up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've been >>>>> but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to >>>>> look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no political >>>>> significance at all: they don't function like states with their own
governments. There are really just two levels of government, the federal >>>>> government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the >>>>> shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a >>>>> blank map?
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade >>>> school or early high school.
So I could’ve done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I’d get more than half of
them now. I’d be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw puzzle, >>>> but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning in >>>> school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
work that hard for something that didn't seem useful to know....
In any case it really isn't particularly useful to be able to identify
all 50 states EXCEPT for random quizzes like this one. Education systems >>> should not be geared towards teaching useless stuff.
But boy howdy are they ever.
Like “to be or not to be“ from Hamlet. We had to memorize it and got points
for each line of it we could write down in a pop quiz. But none of it meant >> a thing to us.
remember ANYONE enjoying it: we just did our best to endure it.
I know that almost EVERYONE says he's the greatest writer ever - even
people I respect enormously like Solzhenitsyn - but I've never really understood why Shakespeare is thought to be so brilliant.
I suspect Shakespeare is taught mostly because of his reputation and the idea/hope that if they inflict Shakespeare on every single student, some
of his insight will be magically transferred to the student and make him
a better person.
I might appreciate him more as an adult if I were to give him another
try but I'd still need one of the high school editions where the "translations" (explanations of the words he's using) are on every line, otherwise I suspect it would be akin to reading Sanskrit.
I think we're from the generation that actually had geography
in school and learned that kind of thing but I have reason to doubt that >>>>> the current generation of school children - and maybe the previous
generation or two as well - got that same information.
On 2025-02-05 12:38 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video.
Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states and
are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a
list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
I'm impressed that several people picked out Wyoming.
Some of their guesses about where things were showed considerable "creativity". Despite that, they did pretty well considering that they probably didn't study that in school.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-06 1:19 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:We had to do a Shakespeare every year of high school and I don't
On 2025-02-05 6:07 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:I wonder if we were wise beyond our years or just too lazy to want to
On 2025-02-05 10:21 AM, suzeeq wrote:
On 2/5/2025 5:57 AM, Rhino wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >>>>>>>> Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states >>>>>>>> and are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also >>>>>>>> given a list of the states). They made some surprising guesses. >>>>>>>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
Several other videos in the same vein show up on my recommended list. >>>>>>>> I also saw one where Americans tried to pronounce British place names >>>>>>>> (NOT the easy ones like "London"), and another where Brits tried to >>>>>>>> pronounce American place names (again, NOT the easy ones). They're all >>>>>>>> in good fun.
I like to think I could label quite a lot of the US states correctly >>>>>>>> but I know I'd have trouble with some. Then again, I'm not sure if >>>>>>>> most Americans would get them all correct either ;-)
I'd have a hard time placing all the English shires in the correct >>>>>>> place, or even larger cities like Leeds and Birmingham. And I've looked >>>>>>> up some of them on google maps.
You'd do better than me then! I can point to a few places that I've been >>>>>> but if you asked me where Lincolnshire is or what was in it, I'd have to >>>>>> look all of that up. Mind you, I understand the shires have no political >>>>>> significance at all: they don't function like states with their own >>>>>> governments. There are really just two levels of government, the federal >>>>>> government and local "councils" whose boundaries are not based on the >>>>>> shires.
What about the 50 states? Could you label all of them correctly given a >>>>>> blank map?
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade >>>>> school or early high school.
So I could’ve done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I’d get more than half of
them now. I’d be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw puzzle,
but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning in >>>>> school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
work that hard for something that didn't seem useful to know....
In any case it really isn't particularly useful to be able to identify >>>> all 50 states EXCEPT for random quizzes like this one. Education systems >>>> should not be geared towards teaching useless stuff.
But boy howdy are they ever.
Like “to be or not to be“ from Hamlet. We had to memorize it and got points
for each line of it we could write down in a pop quiz. But none of it meant >>> a thing to us.
remember ANYONE enjoying it: we just did our best to endure it.
I know that almost EVERYONE says he's the greatest writer ever - even
people I respect enormously like Solzhenitsyn - but I've never really
understood why Shakespeare is thought to be so brilliant.
Ditto
...
2025-02-05 18:19:43 +0000, Rhino said:
On 2025-02-05 12:38 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >>>>Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states and >>>>are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a >>>>list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GNf51_NvU [9 minutes]
I'm impressed that several people picked out Wyoming.
Some of their guesses about where things were showed considerable >>"creativity". Despite that, they did pretty well considering that they >>probably didn't study that in school.
I bet the Brits could get this simple question right: "What borders on >stupidity?"
Canada and Mexico.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-06 1:19 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:We had to do a Shakespeare every year of high school and I don't
On 2025-02-05 6:07 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade >>>>> school or early high school.I wonder if we were wise beyond our years or just too lazy to want to
So I could’ve done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I’d get more than half
of them now. I’d be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw >>>>> puzzle, but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning >>>>> in school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
work that hard for something that didn't seem useful to know....
In any case it really isn't particularly useful to be able to identify >>>> all 50 states EXCEPT for random quizzes like this one. Education systems >>>> should not be geared towards teaching useless stuff.
But boy howdy are they ever.
Like “to be or not to be“ from Hamlet. We had to memorize it and got >>> points for each line of it we could write down in a pop quiz. But none
of it meant a thing to us.
remember ANYONE enjoying it: we just did our best to endure it.
I know that almost EVERYONE says he's the greatest writer ever - even
people I respect enormously like Solzhenitsyn - but I've never really
understood why Shakespeare is thought to be so brilliant.
Ditto
I suspect Shakespeare is taught mostly because of his reputation and the
idea/hope that if they inflict Shakespeare on every single student, some
of his insight will be magically transferred to the student and make him
a better person.
I might appreciate him more as an adult if I were to give him another
try but I'd still need one of the high school editions where the
"translations" (explanations of the words he's using) are on every line,
otherwise I suspect it would be akin to reading Sanskrit.
On 2/6/2025 8:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:<snip>
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-06 1:19 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-05 6:07 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
That was actually something we had to do as a test in either late grade >>>>>> school or early high school.
So I could’ve done it 55 years ago, but I doubt I’d get more than half
of them now. I’d be able to fill in the borders like doing a jigsaw >>>>>> puzzle, but the middle would remain empty.
This is the perfect example of the stuff we complained about learning >>>>>> in school that we would never ever need to know and we were right.
I wonder if we were wise beyond our years or just too lazy to want to >>>>> work that hard for something that didn't seem useful to know....
In any case it really isn't particularly useful to be able to identify >>>>> all 50 states EXCEPT for random quizzes like this one. Education
systems should not be geared towards teaching useless stuff.
But boy howdy are they ever.
Like “to be or not to be“ from Hamlet. We had to memorize it and got >>>> points for each line of it we could write down in a pop quiz. But none >>>> of it meant a thing to us.
We had to do a Shakespeare every year of high school and I don't
remember ANYONE enjoying it: we just did our best to endure it.
I know that almost EVERYONE says he's the greatest writer ever - even
people I respect enormously like Solzhenitsyn - but I've never really
understood why Shakespeare is thought to be so brilliant.
Ditto
...
I don't know how many *try* to write Shakespeare-ianly nowadays, but
I'm nevertheless guessing that nobody's coming close:
If you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh, you might like this video. >Several teams of two Brits are given a map showing the 50 US states and
are then given 10 minutes to label all of them. (They are also given a
list of the states). They made some surprising guesses.
If I were to identify provinces and territories in Canada, on anYou missed a couple of letters: Saskatchewan ;-) I'll give you an easy
unlabeled map without cities, I'd likely mix up Manitoba and Saskatewan.
way to recognize Saskatchewan: it's the one with 4 completely straight
sides, the only province you can say that about.
I bet the Brits could get this simple question right: "What borders on >>stupidity?"
Canada and Mexico.
Lovely. A second plagarist in this newsgroup.
Fri, 7 Feb 2025 04:28:02 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:
I bet the Brits could get this simple question right: "What borders on >>>stupidity?"
Canada and Mexico.
Lovely. A second plagarist in this newsgroup.
So what's the citation on this? (If it's plagiarism there's surely a
link to the original somewhere right?)
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