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A NOTE TO THE EDITOR
Dear HIW,
I’m a Grade Nine student from British Columbia, Canada. I’ve been a keen reader of How It Works since I first discovered it on the teenage shelf in the library. Over the years, I’ve followed your magazine from the library to subscribing to it on my Apple device. It has been my best teacher and friend. I love geography, and thanks to your magazine I was able to achieve third place in the Canadian geography competition. I also love science, and with the inspiration from your magazine, I started my own podcast channel to explain the latest scientific information to children.
I’m writing to bring to your attention an error I noticed on page 71 of Volume 12 of the HIW Annual. The map used doesn’t accurately reflect the actual borders of the countries, leading to some misrepresentation of their size and shape. When my mother used this map to explain the different directions of a hurricane to my younger brother, I noticed that the of the images might mislead young children. Thank you for continuously providing me with a vast knowledge repository on the world of human and scientific knowledge. Thank you for opening the door to my childhood, and for being such a great inspiration.