An American woman said she was shocked to discover that Alaska isn't actually an island, calling for an 'overhaul' of the school curriculum

[King Static X]

Some maps do show Alaska (and Hawaii) isolated and detached usually at the bottom but that is only for visual purposes to have all 50 states shown in one.

Otherwise, you can clearly see on a world map that Alaska is connected with the rest of North America by land and borders Yukon and British Columbia in Canada.

 

[Grifter]

Never played with a globe?

 

[Sad Bunny]

Sounds like an honest mistake with some sauce thrown on it to go viral

 

[Richard Glidewell]

It's a whole ass map everytime you look at the map that shows a connected land mass to the.......

 

[8WON6]

women live life on easy mode.

 

[The Fade]

Moms For Liberty gonna get mad at liberals

 

[Richard Glidewell]

So, depending on your school, you wouldn't see a full map in your textbook.

In ours, Alaska was always cut off from Canada. But this The Coli so no one makes mistakes.

You never need to see a full map of the world, and unless you are curious, why would you care to?

It's even in the OP

Meanwhile, a viewer who said they are a teacher wrote that they had "heard this from adults many times" and that they always made sure to tell their students that Alaska is not an island.

That only flies if you under middle school and that is even a bit late......... you don't hear not one person saying Alaska and Hawaii a quick flight south of Cali........ this is how stupid people keep proliferating......... sympathy........she needs to read every comment and feel it

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

There is nothing in any curriculum stating Alaska is an island.

 

[Richard Glidewell]

Probably just one like this

Ol Alaska is in Mexico ass chick.........

 

[darealvelle]

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

she’s just a moron. There’s nothing the educational system could have done for her

 

[Box Factory]

I hope this doesn't come off as condescending, but Americans are generally complete and utter morons when it comes to anything outside of America

40% of Americans can't even find Canada on a map lol

I think they do well in terms of drilling their own history into their students, but outside of that they're generally clueless

Given the wealth and resources available to the average citizen, Americans are pretty easily the stupidest ppl in the world

 

[BlackAchilles]

That's embarrassing

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

 

[ball15life]

Never played with a globe?

This. If the globe didn't exist I'd understand a little more