The other day, I was reading an article on AOL about the 7 worst places to visit on a vacation. One of the locations listed in the article was the 4 corner of Colorado, Arizona, Utah and Mexico.

Now, I can understand why this is a poor place to visit since Mexico is not adjacent to Utah and Colorado. But more to the point, the author obviously missed the fact that it is NEW Mexico and not Mexico. Later on in the day, I noticed that the article had been corrected.

Now, this may have been a simple typo on the part of the writer.  But, since this typo was consistently repeated in the article,  I suspect that the writer did not know that New Mexico is a state while Mexico is a country.

I know a man who was born in New Mexico. Every time he fills out any paper work that asks where he was born, he puts down New Mexico. And invariably, they ask him if he is a citizen of the United States. Hello!? Unless he is really really old, New Mexico was a part of the United States when he was born.

Recently, a co-worker of mine came into my office to look at my world map that hangs on my wall. She was planning a trip to France. She was looking for it in Africa. She has a college degree. I hope that she won’t be too disappointed that there won’t be any safaris on her trip.

I hated geography in school but I now understand it’s importance.