"Over the years, there have been several reports that say 40% of American high school seniors cannot find Canada on a map, or name the very large country to the North. But this doesn't seem to be a serious problem, unless you tried to visit Canada, and ended up somewhere in Texas instead."
kconline.com/deckers/0901.html [no longer exists]
"Studies show that less than 30 percent of people read a daily newspaper. Half of those could find East Timor on a globe. One in five cannot find Canada."
kaimin.org/nov99/11_17/kevin.html [no longer exists]
Should that read, "Half of those couldn't find East Timor on a globe" or does it matter?
I found several sites which quote "one in four" US high school seniors can't find Canada.
Response last updated by gtho4 on Dec 21 2016.
Aug 26 2003, 2:57 AM
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