tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post7721930706608051223..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Where was that again?Steve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-23444422534993915942010-07-15T01:04:17.470+02:002010-07-15T01:04:17.470+02:00Ah! this is very funny and also sad gaffe!!!Ah! this is very funny and also sad gaffe!!!N Abramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06888108039248683428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-26540626240284269932010-07-13T13:25:52.239+02:002010-07-13T13:25:52.239+02:00Since it has been noted that my fellow Americans t...Since it has been noted that my fellow Americans tend to learn their geography from war, count yourself blessed.<br /><br />I have always loved geography, but then, many of my compatriots accuse me of anti-Americanism. <br /><br />I blame pornography. There was a time young American boys went to National Geographic for pictures of bare-breasted Nubian or Polynesian lasses. There may have been a lot of incidental learning that disappeared with the advent of Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler, <em>et al.</em> Now ithe the Internet, kids don't even pick up reading.Iosue Andreas Sartoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888802647534998598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-86040490184523325252010-07-11T05:26:11.306+02:002010-07-11T05:26:11.306+02:00After my student wrote on the final exam in the co...After my student wrote on the final exam in the course titled "Hispanic Civlization" that Africa is a country in Latin America, nothing will surprise me.<br /><br />That was a University student, mind you.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-82386876703702214032010-07-10T23:30:20.636+02:002010-07-10T23:30:20.636+02:00Lots of people here don't even know where THEY...Lots of people here don't even know where THEY are, or the next town or county or state, much less another continent or country. (Make me look like a genius, as dumb as I am.)Tauratinswehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273045023254083987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-70487026547924695682010-07-10T09:41:18.801+02:002010-07-10T09:41:18.801+02:00Let me get this right. Chicago is a suburb or Pari...Let me get this right. Chicago is a suburb or Paris, right?jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-458353056306965532010-07-10T07:17:29.553+02:002010-07-10T07:17:29.553+02:00Knowledge of geography is but one manifestation of...Knowledge of geography is but one manifestation of the educational malaise in western nations now and through ignorance arise the preconditions for wage slavery.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com