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[maianhvk]

@ ProfCrash: is it true? I can't believe this :| if I have to face those students maybe I'll join you at the bar.

[jhempel24]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

That's alright, because European capitals haven't gone mainstream in the US yet

Spoiler:

HAHAHA!!! Poor Kelly Pickler, she just graduated from the 3rd grade not too long ago LOL. J/K I think she finally turned 17 or 18. Has some great hits on the Country charts though.

Actually no, it's not a dumb blonde act....she has her good points, but yeah....in everyday life...do you really NEED to know what county the capital of Budapest is of? You SHOULD know that Europe is a freakin' continent though LOL.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by jhempel24

HAHAHA!!! Poor Kelly Pickler, she just graduated from the 3rd grade not too long ago LOL. J/K I think she finally turned 17 or 18. Has some great hits on the Country charts though.

She's good eye candy, even if I don't like country music.

[carld]

A certain percentage, I think it was 5%, of high-school students could not find the United States on a map. I'm assuming that's that same group that doesn't know what a map is.

[Ea]

Originally Posted by jhempel24

Actually no, it's not a dumb blonde act....she has her good points, but yeah....in everyday life...do you really NEED to know what county the capital of Budapest is of? You SHOULD know that Europe is a freakin' continent though LOL.

I was about to say that Europe isn't a continent - then I looked it up Well, what do you know. I do prefer the definition of Europe as part of the Eurasian continent though.

[grumpy3b]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I taught Introduction to American Government at three different Colleges. 50% of my students thought that there were 52 states in the US and that Canada and Mexico were the last two states to join the US.

I would have a mock United Nations session in my Introduction to International Relations class and would assign students to specific countries. One semester I had two hundred plus students so I assigned three students to each country. The three students who were assigned to Great Britain told me that Germany bordered Great Britain. Then they argued with me when I returned their paper and they had been marked down. I pulled out a map and they still argued with me.

It is really, really sad what students don't know.

And most thought that Africa was one country and did not get the difference between a continent and a country.

I drank heavily after grading.

Mrs. Edna Krabappel you are real after all.

[Bikeridr]

Originally Posted by jhempel24

You SHOULD know that Europe is a freakin' continent though LOL.

Originally Posted by Ea

I was about to say that Europe isn't a continent - then I looked it up Well, what do you know. I do prefer the definition of Europe as part of the Eurasian continent though.

What I learned at primary school some 30 years ago. Europe is not a "standalone" continent; it belongs to Eurasia.

So, I for one regard Eurasia as a continent, the way I was taught in my school far northwest on the Scandinavian peninsula.

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by carld

A certain percentage, I think it was 5%, of high-school students could not find the United States on a map. I'm assuming that's that same group that doesn't know what a map is.

It is a lot higher then that. According to the Miss Teen USA question, it is 20% of Americans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iN...eature=related

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Bikeridr

What I learned at primary school some 30 years ago. Europe is not a "standalone" continent; it belongs to Eurasia.

So, I for one regard Eurasia as a continent, the way I was taught in my school far northwest on the Scandinavian peninsula.

It's the fact that the Bosphorus completely separates Europe from Asia that makes it conventional to regard them as two separate continents:

[Ea]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's the fact that the Bosphorus completely separates Europe from Asia that makes it conventional to regard them as two separate continents:

Uh? What about Russia? Geographically the separation of Europe and Asia is the Ural mountain range - but it's still connected by land as far as I can see...

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Ea

Uh? What about Russia? Geographically the separation of Europe and Asia is the Ural mountain range - but it's still connected by land as far as I can see...

Damn - forgot about Russia . Yes, you're right, of course. But the Bosphorus certainly forms a portion of the boundary between Europe and Asia.

Obviously my geography is nearly as bad as that of Ms. Pickler .

[Ea]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Damn - forgot about Russia . Yes, you're right, of course. But the Bosphorus certainly forms a portion of the boundary between Europe and Asia.

Obviously my geography is nearly as bad as that of Ms. Pickler .

The Bosphorus strait is a famous boundary between Europe and Asia.

[Bikeridr]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's the fact that the Bosphorus completely separates Europe from Asia that makes it conventional to regard them as two separate continents:

Well, Europe is completely attached to Asia through Scandinavia.
There is no bridge or ferry between Norway and Russia over Svanvik - Boris-Gleb (which I have personally crossed by car). Neither are there any ferries or bridges between the very most part of Finland and Russia (where I also have crossed by car, several times (Raja-Jooseppi - Lotta)).
And you can still drive North-East-West-South of Europe (as a part of the world) without having to "jump" between any continent.
Starting in Norway at Nordkapp and ending in Tarifa in Spain
(Norway(Nordkapp)-Finland-Russia-Ukraine(Chertkovo)-Slovenia-Austria-Switzerland-France-Spain-Portugal(Cabo da Roca)-Spain(Tarifa).
(Which I plan on doing "some time" on motorcycle. )

So, Europe is landfast with Asia, hence Eurasia.

[queentess]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

It is a lot higher then that. According to the Miss Teen USA question, it is 20% of Americans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iN...eature=related

What's the percentage of people who don't know the difference between "then" and "than"?

[ProfCrash]

I thought that the continents were defined by the tectonic plates that they were on and that there were cases of land borders that crossed multiple plates. So the continent of Europe is on a different plate then the continent of Asia.

I have always thought of the Ural Mountains as that border for the continents of Europe and Asia but I am used to looking for the mountain ranges, because those are formed due to the pressure of two plates colliding, and earthquake prone areas, subduction zones where one plate is being pushed under the other and consumed increasing the likelihood of earthquakes, as plate markers.