Its pathetic to go somewhere back East and have someone say "Where are you from?" Then, when you reply "New Mexico" they respond with some idiotic comment like "Wow. You speak English well." "Did you have to get a passport to come here?" I mean, come on! Its disgracing America! We are part of the 50 states!
2006-06-26 11:49:51 · 18 answers · asked by *rawr* 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
you feel like me when I Speak in Spanish and the people ask me: "are you from Mexico?" hello!! a good geography class would be great for this kind of people.
2006-06-26 11:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by ricardocobar 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Obviously you're not old enough to know that the population East of the Mississipi River don't consider the country West of the Mississippi exists. From New York City Eastward to New England doesn't think anything worth knowing about exists West period.
New Mexico is one of the most beautifull states(except driving through Deming in the desert to AZ).
Shows how pathetic the school systems have become.
2006-06-26 19:28:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See above--she's on the right track, but I suspect it's because of the students themselves...
I seem to remember a story in the Rocky Mountain News one or two years ago where a New Mexico student had decided her best choice for a university was Indiana. She applied, and the school responded that they hadn't received her visiting student visa yet....
2006-06-26 19:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by spyguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amazing what is not taught in schools today! I had a daughter born in Okinawa years ago, and my parents tried to call me on the phone. The operator had no clue where to find the country code!!! My parents gave up and sent me a telegram instead! It is really sad when they (people) don't know a state in their own country! Oh, try this: Someone once thought that New England was the capital of Massachusetts!!!
2006-06-26 18:55:54 · answer #4 · answered by Wasabandmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, this is where I feel I fail as a social studies teacher. Geez people you need to know where you come from!! I can easily relate, I used to be a counselor at a camp in New York state (I'm from Ohio) and I would get questions like "Are you Amish?" "Have you seen a cow?" "Do you have cable?"
2006-06-26 20:43:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jacci 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember that song!
alabama and alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut and more... delaware florida georgia hawai'i idaho illinois indiana iowa still 35 to go. kansas and kentucky, louisiana maine, maryland massachusetts and good ol' michigan minnesota mississippi missouri and montana nebraska's 27 number 28's nevada... next is new hampshire and new jersey new mexico new york north carolina north dakota ohio, oklahoma oregon pennsylvania now let's see, rhode island south carolina south dakota tennessee texas and there's utah, vermont we're almost through, virginia and washington and west virginia too, could wisconsin be the last one or is it 49, no wyoming is the last state in the fifty states that rhyme.
I KNOW MY ****!
2006-06-26 19:06:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, its one of the 50 states. It became the 47th state in 1912.
2006-06-26 18:54:44 · answer #7 · answered by Zorro4576 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that New Mexico is the only state whose license plates have USA on them. Of course, that won't help much if you don't have your car with you.
2006-06-26 18:54:03 · answer #8 · answered by Irish1952 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woah I forgot New Mexico was a state...
2006-06-26 18:53:01 · answer #9 · answered by Tony Montana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont pay them any mind. If they can't count 50 states then don't be bothered with it.
2006-06-26 18:53:50 · answer #10 · answered by GOD IS REAL. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋