While watching the rugby game the other day I learned an interesting little bit about the French educational system. This being that, in France, there are only 5 continents. They are all adamant about this, but when asked what those 5 continents are, there is a little controversy. Some people said: Africa, America (North and South together), Europe, Asia and Oceania (Antartica & Australia, NZ). Others said: Africa, America (still together), EurAsia, Antartica and Australia. As there were more Americans than French watching the game, there were quite the debates that broke out. I wish we would have had some South American students in attendance to see what they thought about being lumped into the same continent as North Americans. An Italian brought up a valid point that there are 5 Olympic rings because there are 5 major inhabited parts of the world, but then we found out the Olympic rings were proposed by a Frenchman.
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