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I read Ms. Traister's post yesterday, and tried to respond, but I couldn't identify what bothered me most about the whole affair. I was not bothered by the girl's answer as much as I was bothered by the question. In most of the comments I heard, people assumed she was just another stupid teenager who doesn't know geography. The question was about education, not geography, and as you said, it's one that stumps even the experts.
And besides that, I've heard more garbled answers come out of our fearless leader's mouth. Why come down so hard on an 18 year old girl if we're not going to hold him to a higher standard. He's just lowering the bar for us all....
Sorry to say it, but isn't someone making an assumption that poor people don't use the internet? You don't have to have access in your home to have access to the net.
Pay off the credit cards!!! (and the student loans, next).
