at least the kid got her tuition back for the class!
Guess we know what to say when someone asks about the quality of Southern New Hampshire University.
When my son was in middle school, the students had to write a report about a country. He wrote about Singapore. The teacher gave him a low grade because “Singapore is a city, not a country.” My son provided evidence that it is indeed a country. The teacher adjusted the grade.
Of course, I think my son chose Singapore deliberately just so he could have this argument. He’s like that. But still, I’m glad he won.
Wow! Australia is both a continent and a country. I learned that in perhaps the 4th grade.
The student should have asked the professor what countries are on the Australian continent.
I think the instructor’s head would have exploded if the student attempted to explain that Australia (the country) is not coterminous with Australia (the continent).
@skieurope And let’s not forget Tasmania!
Indeed not @TomSrOfBoston
Can’t pick up sarcasm… Tassie is an Australian island state, not a country. But maybe that was your point. 
My niece went to college there.
We know. 
The point being, the state of Tasmania encompasses more than just the island of Tasmania.
Additionally, the Australian mainland is also not coterminous with either the country or the continent.
The USA is not a continent?
Iditots everywhere smh
Wonder what the teacher would have thought if he chose:
Vatican
San Marino
Georgia (the Caucasian country, not the US state)
Or America, the non-Arctic (and -Antarctic) land in the western hemisphere encompassing one giant American continent or (as more commonly known), North Am and South Am.
“America is just a country, son.”
Ummm… not exactly.
Wonder if that teacher can find at least five states that border Texas.
@ucbalumnus American or Mexican states?
States from any country.
The sad thing is that most Australian high schoolers could.
This reminds me of when I was in grad school and tried to book a ticket to Bozeman, Montana. I called several different airlines trying to get tickets. One of them said we only fly in the US. I said Montana IS in the US—it’s a state. Needless to say, I didn’t book with that airline. Ended up on United whose employees recognized both the city and state I was trying to book.
You mean the Republic of Texas? 
It is both a dessert topping AND a floor wax!