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Do 3rd or 4th Graders in Colorado not have to learn the 50 state capitals...?
Well, sure, but how much of that does one remember? There have been people on here asking if Delaware and Rhode Island even have cities, stuff like that.
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Originally Posted by Katarina Witt
Well, sure, but how much of that does one remember? There have been people on here asking if Delaware and Rhode Island even have cities, stuff like that.
Perhaps Quahog, Rhode Island is more famous than Providence?
Well, sure, but how much of that does one remember? There have been people on here asking if Delaware and Rhode Island even have cities, stuff like that.
People learn multiplication and division from around the same time. If you can memorize 90-144 multiplication figures, you can remember the 50 state capitals you learned at the same time.
Well, sure, but how much of that does one remember? There have been people on here asking if Delaware and Rhode Island even have cities, stuff like that.
People learn multiplication and division from around the same time. If you can memorize 90-144 multiplication figures, you can remember the 50 state capitals you learned at the same time.
Agreed - if you ask me to name the capital of each state, I'm probably not going to get 50/50, but I will certainly be familiar with each of those cities, as would any reasonably well-travelled or minimally well-read American (and more than a few non-Americans).
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Originally Posted by Katarina Witt
There have been people on here asking if Delaware and Rhode Island even have cities, stuff like that.
If they're Americans and that's the case, I don't know how they landed in this forum, but I doubt they're reading anything off the AP wire to begin with. Or reading at all, for that matter.
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Agreed - if you ask me to name the capital of each state, I'm probably not going to get 50/50, but I will certainly be familiar with each of those cities, as would any reasonably well-travelled or minimally well-read American (and more than a few non-Americans).
There are a few state capitals that are really not very remarkable or memorable otherwise to people who do not live in the state itself. They're more trivia answers than cities of note.
People learn multiplication and division from around the same time. If you can memorize 90-144 multiplication figures, you can remember the 50 state capitals you learned at the same time.
I totally disagree, those are two completely different things. First I recall learning my multiplication tables in 2nd or 3rd grade, and states/capitals were in the 5th.
But regardless of that, you learn how math works, and not just memorizing numbers, or names in the case of cities. You may forget what two numbers come out to, but you’ll be able to figure it out. Good luck doing that with a name?
You continue to use math, but will never really need to recall the capitals. Sadly I can’t remember multiple state capitals, and I’m into this stuff. The average person who doesn’t care about geography isn’t going to remember many of them.
There are a few state capitals that are really not very remarkable or memorable otherwise to people who do not live in the state itself. They're more trivia answers than cities of note.
Exactly! And saying "Dover, Delaware" or "Springfield, Illinois" helps the reader place the city. I don't understand what the big issue is.
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I totally disagree, those are two completely different things. First I recall learning my multiplication tables in 2nd or 3rd grade, and states/capitals were in the 5th.
But regardless of that, you learn how math works, and not just memorizing numbers, or names in the case of cities. You may forget what two numbers come out to, but you’ll be able to figure it out. Good luck doing that with a name?
You continue to use math, but will never really need to recall the capitals. Sadly I can’t remember multiple state capitals, and I’m into this stuff. The average person who doesn’t care about geography isn’t going to remember many of them.
At least in the western half of the country, you would have to add the D.C. after Washington or folks will think you are talking about Washington state.
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......."Another night of protesters clashing with law enforcement in Portland", yeah we already know which Portland they're talking about, no state needing to be mentioned.
Kind of a shame. A beautiful city and the only reason people in the East know it is there because it is so well known as a place of destructive and frequent riots.
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