I was a near graduate, a professorial assistant, honors, GREs in the upper percentiles, knew the 50 capitols, could name every capitol in Latin America (read Central and South America), had been around the world.

I got a telegram from the Peace Corps. "You are going to the Dominican Republic..." I "knew" where it was-after thinking a bit...but to check up, I got a college handbook on the Caribbean, and there it was: Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic-----> On the Left side of the Island!!!!

I used to save that copy, just to show people how little we knew, we knew....

HB