Geography is a lost art — really lost
It’s been reported that almost 40% of Americans can’t locate Iraq – where (hint) we’ve been fighting a war for four years.
Half of Americans between 18 and 24 can’t even point out the state of New York.
The state of bewilderment? That’s easy to find.
Many of us aren’t just unable to point out other people’s hometowns. Many of us can’t name our own.
This is not sarcasm. There are 1,259 towns, 402 villages, 190 cities, 72 counties and countless unincorporated waysides (including one actually called Wayside) in Wisconsin.
We either need more maps, more Red Bull to keep everybody up during geography class or more consolidation.
Probably all of the above because, evidence increasingly shows, we Wisconsinites are even more confused about where we sit ourselves down than Sen. Larry Craig.
Earlier this month, the Northern Ozaukee School Board was all set to appoint an applicant to its Town of Saukville seat – a woman Superintendent Bill Harbron says was an “outstanding candidate.”
The only problem: A current board member had to point out that she didn’t actually live in the Town of Saukville.
Although she has a Town of Saukville mailing address, she actually lives just across the border in the Town of Fredonia.
