As if anyone outside those states could distinguish between unlabelled outlines of Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
Self-reporting, because this is shit we learn in like 3rd grade in the US and that adults should (albeit aren’t expected to) be able to do. NH and Vermont I could tell you but mainly because I reassemble their little 69 in my head as a memory aid. (A sane memory aid without needing to remember “big end bottom” or “big end top” is that NH’s small vertical end is super narrow compared to its large one.)
Whereas Wyoming and Colorado – presented separately in a void with no scale – I could only tell because Wyoming is nearly a perfect rectangle while Colorado is an isosceles trapezoid (just very slightly). That’s one you basically have to just memorize via a top/bottom relationship.
When i was in school, there was a web game that we were allowed to play where you had a blank map of the US and had to drag the states to the right spot. The states did not snap into place.
It was jarring how many students couldn’t even get the states surrounding us right, and I’m in Texas. Like, I didn’t get it 100% right because New England is a bitch, but I could get over 90%.
In all fairness, the same buddy that introduced me to Top Gear literally could not point out the British Isles on a map. I hinted “Isles, British Isles, think islands!” aaand… he pointed to Greece.
Guy designes engines now, so some folks are just hyperspecialized!
As if anyone outside those states could distinguish between unlabelled outlines of Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
Or New Hampshire and Vermont.
I guess Connecticut pulled a pro gamer move by being a tiny rectangle.
Kentucky looks like fried chicken, that’s how I always remember it
I remember it by living here.
Please help me.
It’s also carried by the chef that spans from Louisiana to Minnesota.
Self-reporting, because this is shit we learn in like 3rd grade in the US and that adults should (albeit aren’t expected to) be able to do. NH and Vermont I could tell you but mainly because I reassemble their little 69 in my head as a memory aid. (A sane memory aid without needing to remember “big end bottom” or “big end top” is that NH’s small vertical end is super narrow compared to its large one.)
Whereas Wyoming and Colorado – presented separately in a void with no scale – I could only tell because Wyoming is nearly a perfect rectangle while Colorado is an isosceles trapezoid (just very slightly). That’s one you basically have to just memorize via a top/bottom relationship.
When i was in school, there was a web game that we were allowed to play where you had a blank map of the US and had to drag the states to the right spot. The states did not snap into place.
It was jarring how many students couldn’t even get the states surrounding us right, and I’m in Texas. Like, I didn’t get it 100% right because New England is a bitch, but I could get over 90%.
“I’m bad at geography, so everyone else must be too” is a take for sure XD
Are you sure “Americans aren’t bad at geography” isn’t more of a take?
In all fairness, the same buddy that introduced me to Top Gear literally could not point out the British Isles on a map. I hinted “Isles, British Isles, think islands!” aaand… he pointed to Greece.
Guy designes engines now, so some folks are just hyperspecialized!