I had extremely high hopes. Yes, I purchased it to entertain my grandchildren, BUT I had HIGH hopes and was so excited to have a fun activity to help them master geography,, map skills, and a bit of history. Upon hanging the map the day before their arrival, I was shocked and very disoriented when looking at it. The southern part of the country is west. The eastern part is south. Etc. I understand that it is like a view from space coming in from the east, BUT that totally nixes my hopes of helpi...