Breaking: Alaska, Not an Island
In news sure to shock many among the nation, Alaska is not an island. A woman recently found out that Alaska is not, was not, never has been an island. The sad thing is she’s probably not the only one. There will be hundreds of people, maybe young or old who until this story hits their eyeballs will think that the state of Alaska is an island. The reason for this is a simple one, but also has a simple solution. When shown a map of the United States, Alaska is usually portrayed in the bottom left with Hawaii. It’s not the best map planning.
The solution is simple. Look at a map of the world, like one time in your life. Just once. You’ll never forget that the state of Alaska is connected to Canada. She blames the American education system, but I went through the same education system. Millions and millions of other people also went through the American education system, and 95% of them are or were aware that Alaska is indeed not an island.
According to an article in Business Insider, some Canadian commenter were also baffled that Alaska was not an island. This lack of knowledge is far more egregious since Alaska is connected to their country! When looking at a map of the United State we clearly can see that Canada and Mexico are connected to the United States. Canadians have to know that Alaska is part of the United States and is absolutely connected to their homeland. What is wrong with the world?
A few years ago, we had an intern on the morning show who was a smart girl, but she was really terrible at two things. 1. Gift giving. For years she gave her loving father the worst gifts ever. A pencil, a hammer probably a jelly of the month club membership. 2. Geography. Just look at the map of the US and of the world that Taylor made after a conversation we had in studio…
Not good guys. I never noticed until now that Alaska is an Island in her world map! These maps will hang in my office until the paper yellows and becomes unreadable or the world actually looks like this…