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The Amazon River May be Longer than the Nile River
I am always amazed by people who seem to think we know everything there is to know about the world and the universe.
It seems to me that things are changing all the time. Every month we get more information about Mars. A planet we have studied for centuries. Pluto is no longer a planet...all of us who learned the nine planet recitation now have to change.
When I was in school, the list of dinosaurs was relatively short. Now it seems they are unearthing the bones of new dinosaur species about once a year. And now there is the school of thought that instead of just all dying off, dinosaurs evolved...into modern day birds of all things!
Even grammar rules change. It used to be that you put a comma between every item in a list and before the word 'and.' Now technically you leave it out before the word 'and.'
Native Americans were all originally believed to come across the Bering Strait, now it is believed some came to America via boats to the south.
I have believed the Nile River to the be the longest river in the world since I was a child. Today, I read an article that an expedition has added 176 miles to the length of the Amazon so now the Amazon is 65 miles longer than the Nile. Also, there apparently is a big rivalry going on between those who want to claim the Nile is the longest versus those who want to claim the Amazon is the longest...who knew?
It is important for us, particularly as homeschoolers, to keep abreast of what is going on in the world so that we can help our children to stay on top of ever changing events and knowledge. And who knows...maybe we can even create a generation of teenagers who don't think they know everything;)
