The Bad Geography Post

Maybe I take for granted the fact that all my sister wanted for her sixth birthday was a globe and we played with it non-stop as kids, but seriously, the geography of today's youth is astounding. 

Today we were giving presentations and this occurred: 

Student: Karl Landsomething...wait, how do you say his name? 

Me: Karl Landsteiner. 

Student: Yeah. Him. Anyway, Karl was from Virginia, Australia. 

Me: Um. Wait a second, I highly doubt that. 

Student: Yeah. That's what it says. 

Me: Try Vienna, Austria. 

Student: What? Where the heck is that? 

Me: It's in Europe

Other Student: Wait. I thought Australia was in a different state than Europe. 

Me: What? Europe is not a state! 

Other Student: What? Yes it is. 

Me: Negative, it's a continent. Those are two different places.  There is the country of Austria and the continent/country of Australia.  Vienna is in Austria. It's close to Germany. 

All Students: WHAT?? No. Those are the same. 

Oh well. You win some, you lose some.