My 4 1/2-year-old nephew knows most of the countries on the globe (and what the major language is for each country), all the states in the US and Canada, and knows like 20 words from each major world language. He's got me on that last one.
Most of the kids in his day care/preschool can outperform their parents, who never learned it in school.
Jerry Johnson
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/29/04 09:44AM >>>
I wish more who live here were more like that (having a passport and
using it on occasion). I'd even settle for a bit more knowledge about
the rest of the world instead of a lot of the insularity I've seen.
Case in point. When I first moved to the US from Canada to attend grad
school, I went to a welcoming party. I was talking with one person,
and mentioned that I was from Canada. She asked what state that was
in. I had to bite my tongue to stop myself from saying denial, she'd
have thought it was a river I bet.
larry
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:40:50 -0400, Jerry Johnson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Tony,
>
> My posting was completely tongue-in-cheek.
>
> I have a valid passport, and have even used it a time or two.
>
> Jerry Johnson
> World Traveler
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/28/04 05:35PM >>>
> uhhh, we have every need in the world to get outta here and venture
> out...
>
> I think it's the close mindedness like that that gets us in trouble, and
> contributes to the laughing stock that america and its *dumb americans*
> already are.
>
>
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