In my geography class, we went to the library to research our country projects. My friend and I did not have the same country, but we sat next to each other anyway. My country was Australia. We were talking about it and she mentioned how our governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger,came from their. I had to explain to her that Austria is in Europe and Australia was on the opposite side of the Earth. The funny part is that we are 9th graders and it was the highest level geography class.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think wars started when a sergeant from one country socked a sergeant from another country.— recovering
- Until about age 9, I thought there was a country called "Operaland" where everyone sang instead of talking.Anon
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- i used to believe that 'overseas' was a countryAnon
- I used to think each country was it's own planet.— erin clements
- i used to believe that every country was a different planet!— bianca