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...have to admit that I felt some empathy for Lauren Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina and a runner-up to Miss Teen USA who became an overnight Internet sensation in August for her badly boggled and meandering answer to the question: Why can't one-fifth of Americans locate the United States on a map? I've been in the spotlight too, and I've lost my train of thought in the middle of answering a question, heard the rush of blood to my brain as I desperately tried to get back on track. I could feel her pain...
Miss Upton's answer, before it went horribly astray, started in a credible direction. She wondered if part of our geographic ineptitude was due to the fact that some "U.S. Americans" don't have maps. Good point, Lauren. I grew up with several roadmaps and atlases in my house, but when I look around today, my residence is void of any printed maps. The reason I've gone mapless is probably because I have access to amazingly detailed digital maps anytime online. So, all of this has got me thinking (no surprise) about our online geographic focus. What...
...mapping functions in the U.S. isn't educational but utilitarian - we consult online maps for little else but driving directions - I felt the uncontrollable urge to delve into the age-old battle-of-the-sexes issue: are men (myself included) unwilling to ask for directions even online? The answer is yes, but only slightly less so than women. The demographics of visitors to the most popular maps-and-directions website in the U.S., Mapquest, reveal that women are only 8% more likely than men to visit the site. Perhaps men are more willing than usual to ask for virtual directions...
...she’ll answer this question, but she hasn’t had sex since last semester...
...answer to a question about how he viewed Hitler's legacy, he says, "I view Hitler's role as extremely negative, a despicably dark face...