<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 3/19/01 2:24:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
<BR>bbennett@joymail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Which four states are adjacent to Montana?
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<BR>*One* student got the question completely correct, and she was a
<BR>native of Germany. Some the real zingers I got were:
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<BR><gives B a knowing look> I hear you B! Americans are geographically
<BR>deficient.
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<BR>I majored in Geography as well and I now teach middle school. I once spent
<BR>an entire period explaining to one of my social studies classes (6th grade)
<BR>the difference between continents and countries. I also had to explain that
<BR>Texas (regardless of what Texans may think <g>) is not a country. Really,
<BR>one young man insisted that it was.
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<BR>~Mo
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<BR>Imagine being able to be magically whisked away to...Delaware. Hi, I'm in
<BR>Delaware. -Wayne and Garth</FONT></HTML>