First of all, Happy Birthday to my brother Phil!
I’m sure it will surprise no one that I do not have a good grasp on world events. (or local events, for that matter) Being a hermit means that I am pretty content just doin’ what I do and not worrying about the rest of the world. However, every so often in preschool a question comes up regarding a foreign place, and Mrs. Sommerer has to foolishly stumble with our giant world atlas and admit that no, she’s not really sure where Bolivia is, and yes – it does rhyme with Olivia.
So I’m working on fixing that. I found an amazingly fun site that will beat the stupid out of me while I’m having fun! I’ve pretty much mastered Asia, North America and South America, but I am losing hope with the rest of the world. Europe and Africa are beyond me besides the big countries, and I defy you to learn the Australia page with Oceania’s gazillion islands! Well, I don’t defy you, I defy me. Maybe over the course of a year. Maybe.
Do you want to know how really stupid I am? When I decided to learn North America I thought, “How hard could it be? There are only -like – three countries, right?” 🙂