I was just having a conversation with my mother about how since we have moved across the country ( Mass to Washington ) it has become sadly clear how ignorant people are . When my family and I first decided that we were going to move and began telling people that we were moving to Washington we were surprised to discover that alot of our fellow New englanders had little to no idea where the state of Washington was . As if this wasn't bad enough as time went on it also became clear that alot of people thought that when we said Washington they were thinking Washington DC and not the state of Washington , this only became clear when they would maek comments about us not moving too far away . I was pretty shocked that alot of people didn't know where a coastal state would be located - for those reading this that fall into that category the state oof Washington is located in the north west corner of the US and is north of Oregon and directly south of British columbia , Canada .
Since I have been living out here I have also dicovered that the people of the Norht west have little to no idea where Massachusettes is or what exactly New England consist of or why we call it that . One guy didn't know that Mass is located on the east coast or any coast for that matter . I am so shocked and to be honest a little digusted that my fellow Americans are so ignorant about their own country , its very shameful . I mean these are coastal states that have played HUGE parts is our history . I do not feel like I am smarter than an average person nor am I trying to look down on people but it makes me sad and somewhat nervous that there are so may people like this out there . Not knowing the states isn't the worst thing its just that it has made me so aware of how unaware people of these everyday things . Another example of these things is that new ad on Mtv that shows people talking about the Holocaust , alot of the people weren't sure what it was and alot of them didn't think that is was something they needed to know about . I can't really get into how much that upsets me because its indescriable .
I am not the activist type , I didn't vote this year I a not trying change the world I was just blown away by this simple ignorance and I thought that this should be brought up . I am sure I have many flaws of my own including spelling poorly I am not trying to pick on people so no need to attack just trying to make people think . I thought I would post this here because Dancers are some of the most educated street smart people I know and I thought maybe you would apperiate what may brain has been suffering .


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