Saturday, November 19, 2011

South/North America

There are certain conversations in this country that repeat themselves in a frustrating, ground hogs day-esque loop. One of the most frustrating of these revolves around the geography of North and South America and exactly which portions of it Barack Obama is the President of. There is a general confusion that the USA is a country but America is a continent. More confusingly it is usually assumed that the countries of South America are actually states or that Obama is just also their President - although people understand that they speak Spanish and have different cultures. Despite my understanding of the education level in thi scountry I always find the conversation a little baffling. If you understand that Brazil is a country how would it also be a state. I guess I'll just have to find  a world map to finally put the issue to rest.

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