Thursday, April 19, 2007
Does the world really not know where Iowa is?
When I lived in Nashville, TN there were a few people that I met that didn't know where Iowa was. Most of the time they would confuse it with Idaho. Since then, I have moved out to Washington and everyone here knows where Idaho is but still there are people who don't know where Iowa is. I was at Home Depot getting a funnel and tubing to make a beer bong for my cousin as a joke for his birthday and a very helpful UW frat boy was helping me. We were chatting and when I said that I had gone to college in Iowa he was like "Oh, the Buckeyes" I informed him that no, that was Ohio. Did kids just miss out on geography? I know Iowa is not that big of a state and yeah, I am a little bias because I grew up there. As someone who likes to travel it just baffels me that you can be in college or graduated from college and not know where all 50 states are.
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Beth I totally get it.... I've been asked more than once what COUNTRY Iowa was in.... seriously? Has the public school system failed us THAT badly?? We were at a Lowes once renting a truck (which we weren't old enough to do... but evidently they didnt care)... and the casheir asked "Is that an S or a 5 in your zip code?".... um.... Are there any letters in YOUR zip code?
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