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Last night I watched Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.
Here's the question that made me furious last night and is continuing to drive me UP the wall.
How many states border the Pacific Ocean?
5: Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska, and Hawaii
WTF?!?!?!?
Hawaii is IN the Pacific. I do not understand how an ISLAND. A land mass SURROUNDED by a body of water can BORDER the water that surrounds it!! And we're not talking like Catalina Island or something RIGHT off the coast. We're talking about an island that sits nearly halfway across the Pacific Ocean. It's almost in the g-damn middle. Now if they had asked "What states have borders ON the Pacific Ocean?" that would have been a different kind of question entirely.
And the thing is that all the little fifth grade kids got it right and 5 was announced as the correct answer and I don't understand!
Please help me to understand!!
I spork you question. I spork you right in the middle of your misleading eyeball.
Here's the question that made me furious last night and is continuing to drive me UP the wall.
How many states border the Pacific Ocean?
5: Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska, and Hawaii
WTF?!?!?!?
Hawaii is IN the Pacific. I do not understand how an ISLAND. A land mass SURROUNDED by a body of water can BORDER the water that surrounds it!! And we're not talking like Catalina Island or something RIGHT off the coast. We're talking about an island that sits nearly halfway across the Pacific Ocean. It's almost in the g-damn middle. Now if they had asked "What states have borders ON the Pacific Ocean?" that would have been a different kind of question entirely.
And the thing is that all the little fifth grade kids got it right and 5 was announced as the correct answer and I don't understand!
Please help me to understand!!
I spork you question. I spork you right in the middle of your misleading eyeball.
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Date: 2007-03-05 03:43 pm (UTC)From:That doesn't make me like the question any better. I think it could be worded differently. But I will admit .... argh! I will admit it.