Comments on: What they don’t know http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/what-they-dont-know/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave J http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/what-they-dont-know/#comment-31456 Dave J Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:11:37 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/19/what-they-dont-know/#comment-31456 KDeRosa, check out <a href="http://thecep.org.uk/news/" rel="nofollow">these people</a> if you think conflating England with Britain (or with the UK, which is a state that includes Northern Ireland as well) is a "bit of trivia." I'm not disparaging the article itself, but I simply think it's highly ironic that the author manage to demonstrate what is essentially some of the very same ignorance shown by the students. KDeRosa, check out these people if you think conflating England with Britain (or with the UK, which is a state that includes Northern Ireland as well) is a “bit of trivia.” I’m not disparaging the article itself, but I simply think it’s highly ironic that the author manage to demonstrate what is essentially some of the very same ignorance shown by the students.

]]> By: KDeRosa http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/what-they-dont-know/#comment-31455 KDeRosa Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:24:52 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/19/what-they-dont-know/#comment-31455 How does this bit of trivia vitiate the fact that there is substantial overlap between the two? The point is that the students thought that the two were completely separate countries. How does this bit of trivia vitiate the fact that there is substantial overlap between the two?

The point is that the students thought that the two were completely separate countries.

]]> By: Dave J http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/what-they-dont-know/#comment-31454 Dave J Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:49:33 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/19/what-they-dont-know/#comment-31454 "Most students didn’t know that Britain was England..." Britain is NOT England. England is a nation, while Britain an island that also includes Scotland and Wales. “Most students didn’t know that Britain was England…”

Britain is NOT England. England is a nation, while Britain an island that also includes Scotland and Wales.

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