Sometimes, parents will punish you for being right. The other day, my mom said Obama was born in kenya, and after I showed her the picture of his birth certificate, she grounded me from all electronics. I'm typing this from a public library.

That's some crazy stupid people out there.

If she so strongly believed they were continents, why bother asking you what they are when she was just going to say you were wrong? It looks like she was trying to answer her own question.

She asked you and then corrected you?

pointing out your ignored is not disrespect it's doing her a favor

Your username suggests that you may have been disrespectful about it. You don't have to humiliate someone to teach them.

A prime example of America's education system

I think you have one of those mothers who *must* be right about *everything*, simply because she's your mother. I have seen it numerous times... She can insist the sky is orange, and if you physically show her that the sky is blue, she will *still* insist it isn't. Sorry!

Please tell us that she doesn't know much about astronomy

Please tell us that she doesn't know much about astronomy...