Former Principalities wrote:Actually, here's another one. I am friends with a Japanese teacher (to remove the ambiguity, she teaches the Japanese language) who one day asked her students (can't remember what grade) where Japan was. The general consensus was "Isn't it in Tokyo or something?"
Oh I can go one better than that. I asked my students what the capital of Japan was one day (I am a Japanese teacher also) and their first response was, "Oh I know I know - China." I then tried to redirect their thinking by telling them that it started with a "T". I got, "Thailand, Taiwan, Tonga?"
I think their grade 6 teacher missed a few crucial lessons on the difference between a country and a city.