To: Kip Russell
Bear in mind that this woman had successfully graduated from college... I had a young 20-something co-worker swear to me that Alaska is south of California. Why? "Duh! Like, I saw it on the map of the U.S., in my classroom!"
16 posted on
09/02/2013 9:59:18 AM PDT by
COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java
I had a young 20-something co-worker swear to me that Alaska is south of California. Why? "Duh! Like, I saw it on the map of the U.S., in my classroom!" What an odd error to make...I can understand some map misunderstandings. I once spoke to someone who was firmly convinced that Greenland was as large as Africa. Seems he didn't comprehend the distortions inherent in Mercator projection-style maps. I finally had to show him a globe of the Earth, and even then he didn't get it.
20 posted on
09/02/2013 11:00:04 AM PDT by
Kip Russell
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