Here's a blatant example of why knowledge of geography is kind of important. First person to notice what's wrong with this graphic from Fox News gets a wonderful prize!!
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 3:09 PM
Monday, January 31, 2011
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I'm a native South Carolinian and I attained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina. I taught fourth grade for two years in the Mississippi Delta and two years at an alternative high school in Western North Carolina. I have been at Tigard High School since the fall of 2003, where I teach U.S. History and Psychology.
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12 Comments:
Why is Iraq labeled as Egypt? Silly Fox News!
3:14 PM
When did Egypt move? I didn't think that Egyptians were still nomadic.
5:54 PM
Jonah is the winner! Jonah, you can claim your prize tomorrow at the beginning of class.
7:10 PM
I think the real problem here, is that it's obvious that this map shows that the United States Army is executing EXPERIENCE BEESH!
7:59 PM
Well said Jake. You win the C-Mack "This blog is rockin'!" award for the comment of the night!
9:11 PM
America Fail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJc7ou1-p8
9:20 PM
Thanks for making me lose hope in humanity Jack.
9:25 PM
What is wrong with the map? Most of my own History class can't even find half the states in the U.S...
3:26 PM
I think we should have a geography test on the whole world so that we are more educated than Fox News about the locations of these and all other countries.
3:31 PM
Ivan you suck up. This is FOX news we're talking about. Not the entire population of the world. FOX news is run by dumb conservative blonde chicks and hillbillies. They're the ones in need of a geography test.
10:27 PM
Tess,
You're the winner of the "C-Mack, Mr. Carlisle, this blog is rockin'" Comment of the Night! Congrats.
10:41 PM
Wow... fox news should know that that is Iraq!!!! We have soldiers over there after all... Or maybe fox news has been taken over by aliens!
6:36 AM
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