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British kids cannot locate their country on
map
Monday April 02, 2012 09:26:17 AM,
IANS
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London: Over
three-fourth of the British children have been abroad but one in
10 cannot find their country on a map and many admit being
doubtful about Britain being in Europe, a survey has found.
The Heathrow airport study of 1,000 children aged six to 10 also
revealed 40 percent did not know that Britain was in Europe, the
Daily Express reported Monday. Half could not find Spain on the
map and a third did not know where France was.
Not just that, explaining their lack of geographic knowledge, 24
percent said they did not know what an atlas was.
Heathrow has installed giant globes in its terminals in time for
the Easter holidays to help children to locate their
destinations…and maybe that of Britain.
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