Other things were more important...
But today?
All families with young kids need a Globe.
Kids today are way more inquisitive...
Hey Mom...where is South America?
Where is China?
If China is there, where are we?
Buy your grandkids a Globe...
(and geraldpea & his Team are not in the Globe business)
3 comments:
A PERFECT gift to grandkids. The internet makes their world much smaller and accessible. When I taught at Middletown HS, trying to explain East/West. Hemispheres and Asian countries, East& Western European....without a globe was an adventure. The flat wall map was 3' x 3' and translating flat to round, geeezzzz. No wonder their eyes glazed over. Explaining Time Differences and movement of the earth,etc....fuggetaboutit....
I know, I talk too much. If Americans would travel more we would all understand that people are basically the same worldwide, ie., find work that pays enough to support a family and educate the kids and have decent place to live. While English is our language, travelling reveals how many 'foreigners' speak English, as a 2nd language. Try to find native Americans who can do the same.
I remember Mother Mary often saying, 'I wish we could get a set of the Britannica', once having the salesman visit and offer a payment plan. Kids have the internet today but a globe is a great addition in their journey to a Scholarly career, and isn't that where all McKendry/Kane offspring are headed??????
Ask my older kids and they’ll tell you they’ve been to Europe when they were little. Molly or Seana went to school, 1st or 2nd grade, and told the teacher “My Daddy took us to Europe on Saturday.” I saw the Nun and She laughingly repeated the story to me. I asked her to please not tell Seana that Europe is so far away. I explained that while ee were in Center City on the walkway above I-95 I pointed to the East, Camden, and told the kids “Look kids, that’s Europe over there!” Seana believed it and now she teaches World Cultures/History.
Don’t need no globe; just sn imagination and gullible kids.
Wellll, now you can say that....Lancaster is a foreign country to many Phillwee kids. Remember, I also taught at Bishop Neumann. I asked 'how many have been to Allegheny Avenue? Maybe one hand....I'll spare you the details of their world view, e,g, "Yo, Mr. Mck., ya ever been to Cherreey Hill? I'm gonna move there when I hit it big..." duhh.
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