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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Thanks for the laugh, it was fun to look at geographical knowledge on both sides of the pond. We both suck!




I think your right. I'd hazard the assumption that most of us know very little about Canada except it's the land of snow, french accents, red maple leaf's, and "Eh?"

I do remember when i was in Jr High, I had a geography teacher that for some reason, was burning it into our brains what was beyond our northern border, to such a degree we were reciting the names of different provinces in a little chant. Looking back,I think she was a Canadian ex patriot who moved to the US for one reason or another because, no other teacher i encountered ever took that much interest in Canada. Not in Jr high, high school, nor in college. It really is the country our education system glosses over aside from historical references that intersect our own history.

Back in the day, Canadian teachers didn't make as much as US teachers and that may have been the reason she moved. My 89 year old cousin just retired (2010) from teaching University in New York. She holds a doctorate in English.

In 1985 when I trrucked down south, I was in a truck stop in GA. The waitress found out I was a Canadian and asked me how we got around in the snow so easily. I told her that most mornings I would have to kick the penguins off my doorstep to get to my truck.