AS AN ex-geography teacher I know how big the world is and how confusing it can be.
As an Australian I have too often heard the Austrian national anthem being played rather than the Australian one. There are also country borders that move around too often to bother to update atlases.
However, the worst example of this is United States President Donald Trump’s comments about, “We had a hundred and 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan.”
During a recent trip to Japan I saw many symbols and shrines based on the Shinto and Buddhism beliefs but never a mosque, although Google tells me there are some.
It would seem that Trump is confused as to who his friends and foes are but seems pretty happy to blow them up.
There must be many American geography teachers either angry or sad about this level of ignorance of a subject they love teaching.
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Orange card for Trump
President Trump deserves an orange card for his red card corruption of FIFA and the game of soccer.
When I played and coached a number of sports, one of the fundamental values was the umpires were always right and their decisions were accepted even if they had missed something or made a mistake.
Yes, mistakes happen but we must have faith in the overall honesty of people and the system.
If I could change the result of many events I am sure the world, or my world, would be better off but fortunately I can’t. Nor should I try to.
Play the game fairly./PN
