Re: OT The geographicly ignorant wasRe: Australia locations

When it was only required to take Math and Reading tests. I think grades
from teachers are pretty much meaningless since they are frequently given
(not earned) due to pressure from parents and administrators. The tests
cover standard content and skills. Sometime in the near future Nevada high
school students will have to pass a Science test to graduate from high
school. I worked with one of the women who made questions for the Nevada
Math tests. She seems to think every kid should grow up to be a rocket
scientist. Whatever happened to business math? Isn't accounting also
taught in college?

In 1968 when I started teaching in Montgomery County, Maryland, I was told
that there wasn't time to teach Social Studies and Science in the primary
grades because teachers were busy teaching Reading and Math. Anybody here
graduate from a New York school under the Regents' tests requirements way
back in the early 60's?

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"nzlstar*" <fancyfroggin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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when did a passing grade in US Geography and World Geography
cease to be required for your high school diploma?
it has to be one of the easiest subjects.
we had the world map and usa map on the wall
all thru elementary(aka primary) school when i was a kid.
as the world has access to more information on the internet,
the less some folks know.
scarey really.
j.

"Kiteflyer" wrote...
Kellie Pickler is a country singer and was on idol (I don't watch it). I
suspect some of it is acting and some not. I am always amazed when
people don't know states, country's, etc. In some surveys lots of people
don't know who the president of the us is. Sad really. I suspect they
are not quilters, as we seem to be above average : )

I always say don't believe everything you see on tv, but she may be that
ignorant. Who know and who cares, but that is just my opinion.

Denny in Fort Wayne
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NightMist wrote:
Have you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOQhTuzDQ0

It is from some FOX game show during celebrity week. I gather the
appallingly ignorant blonde is somebody or other from American Idol.

Now that is enough to make you embarassed to be, human, female, and
blonde, in about that order. However since I am not blonde I am open
to petitions from blondes to have a higher ranking.

Now please somebody tell me that that was an act and she is not that
addlebrained.
If it was not an act, she probably doesn't even know New Mexico
exists, thinks that NYC and LA are states, and imagines that Hawaii is
an island nation in the caribbean.

NightMist

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:24:53 -0800, "Kay Ahr"
<kayahrWESTHI@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Then we have those US citizens that don't know the names of their 50
states. New Mexico is a state that they are not aware of. Mexico is a
country, and some people think New Mexico is also a country.

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Kay Ahr in NV
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"nzlstar*" <fancyfroggin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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true enough, Bronnie.
however i recall recently reading about a letter that went to
Australia via
Austria.
some public servants havent heard of some of the places mail is
addressed to or
misread it.
if it by chance ended up in Austria, wouldn't it be handy to have the
full name
of the State in Australia written out for the postmaster in Austria to
redirect
the mail to its rightful addressee.
also WA could be Washington (USA) or Western Australia (a state in
Australia).
at the rate mail is sorted, it could easily be misread by someone in
some place in the world.
can ya be too careful with international mail?
cheers,
jeanne

"Bronnie" wrote...
Alice, all those abbreviations are correct and can be used as per US
state abbrev.
Cheers
Bronnie
QLD
"AliceW" wrote:
Ok, can someone clarify VIC vs Victoria, NSW vs New South Wales; QLD
vs
Queensland. Is it ok to use initials for all of these locations or
should
they be spelled out?
--
AliceW - Royal Cybrarianwww.ourcyberfamily.us
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