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I'd believe it. I lived in Hong Kong for a while, and people constantly thought I was living in Japan when I would talk to people back in the states. North Korea is even more obscure.
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I'd believe it. I lived in Hong Kong for a while, and people constantly thought I was living in Japan when I would talk to people back in the states. North Korea is even more obscure.
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Well do they know where Japan is? I reckon most people should at least know that North- and South-Korea are just to the left of Japan. And Japan easily stands out on a map.
I think I had 3 hours (could've been 2 hours too) of geography a week from 7th to 12th grade. In order to remember smaller countries on the other side of the world I would always link them to a bigger country in my mind and remember them that way.
I think I had 3 hours (could've been 2 hours too) of geography a week from 7th to 12th grade. In order to remember smaller countries on the other side of the world I would always link them to a bigger country in my mind and remember them that way.
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I'd bet only 60-80 percent know where Russia is on a map. There are so many stupid people here.
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You overestimate the average Americans ability to geography b
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So it begins...
Mentioned yesterday how allies and partners would be even more reluctant to share intel now and looks like that seems to be the case
Mentioned yesterday how allies and partners would be even more reluctant to share intel now and looks like that seems to be the case
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I do not think most Americans could even identify each state on a map, let alone NK.
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That's a bit sad. How many hours of geography did y'all have per week from 7th-12th grade? Towards the end in highschool we had to know the locations of all countries on the globe and every country's capital city. One of the questions on our geography exam in the 6th grade literally had a blank world map and we had to fill in 50 countries or so. And all their capital cities.
At the start of each geography class our teacher would do some quick questions where we had to point out countries on the map or recite capital cities. To really drill them into our head.
Our chemistry teacher did the same. We had to learn all chemical elements and at the start of each lesson she'd test us by giving us a test with 10 to 20 element abbreviations and we had to fill in the full elements' name. They were graded too but held very little weight and weren't really considered "real" tests. It was a bit annoying but it sure helped us get all those elements stuck in our heads.
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To be fair, I found that pretty hard too. I really struggled with that
Thankfully it was a very minimal part of our geography class. Our exam gave us some softball questions on the US states like "locate California, NY and Texas"
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Geography is taught at a very young age in America. Besides in History classes to discuss wars, America students aren't really exposed to that much more geography in high school.
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Over here it starts pretty young too, I think starting from the 4th grade if I recall correctly, but it continues to be an important and mandatory class all the way up to graduating from highschool. In elementary it was mostly capital cities, countries in Europe, ...
In highschool it expanded to the entire world and geology was also incorporated into the class. The layers of the earth, different types of landscapes, how the atmosphere works, ... Really pretty much everything involving the earth.
If I recall correctly our school hours are also longer than most countries.
School starts at 8:15AM and ends at 4:15PM from Monday to Friday with Wednesday as an exception. School ends at 12:15 on Wednesday. We got a 10 minute recess at around 10AM and our lunch break was from 12:15PM to 1:30PM.
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American education is not up to good standards in general...when I lived in Atl a good number of ppl down there aint eem know where DC was or that it was even the nations capital...N around here in Baltimore ive had ppl ask me if Atlanta is in the same time zone as them :x
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Geography is not emphasized at all in hs. They teach that in grade school and in hs every social studies teacher just assumes you know where everything is.
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I'll be the first to admit even with all the knowledge ive attained over the years.....if my life depended on naming all 50 states....ya boi might not make it
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Real talk. I'd know most of them but would be stumped on a few.
If anything, learning the states and placement in grade school taught me memorization skills.
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I have a great memory that allowed me to barely study and still get average or above average grades but it's a bit selective in what it remembers. My study routine for exams consisted of skimming through my books two or three times the day before the exam right before bed and I did pretty well. My teachers would always get mad at me when we had to fill in our study schedules for our exams and I wrote in 30 minutes at most for each exam
I could speak fluent English in the 4th grade and instantly memorized every English term I came across but my French was average at best. For some reason I can remember certain things simply by looking at them once or twice but struggle to remember other things despite repeated studying.
My French is horrible now, especially considering how many hours of French class I've had. My French is basic at best now.
My memory is very selective, for example I simply can't remember the full lyrics of any song. Even if I've heard it a 1000 times. I can remember all my bank details, complex passwords, ... but honestly can't remember more than 2 verses of a song even if I try to. It'd be easier for me to remember 20 digits of Pi than a few verses from a song.
Definitions were my weak point in school too. I had no problem pointing out the countries on a map and their capitals or reciting all the chemical elements but I always messed up a definition question because I have trouble remembering large parts of text word for word.
The mind is a strange thing, I've always found it fascinating. Hence why I chose Human Sciences as my "major" in school, its primary classes being behavioral sciences and cultural sciences.
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HR Mcmaster was a highly respected general, known for his honesty and integrity.
His credibility is now in tatters
Everyone who makes a deal with Trump is left a broken a humiliated man. vol. 234235
His credibility is now in tatters
Everyone who makes a deal with Trump is left a broken a humiliated man. vol. 234235
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I know the names and capitals of all 50, but if you gave me a blank map, I'd probably mix up some of those states in the Midwest and South that are all shaped like squares/rectangles
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I can name all 50, and I can know most of their geographic locations. But Imma have to phone a friend when it comes to where exactly where Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas are. And I only have a vague idea where the hell Iowa is.
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Used to be able to recite and point them out, certain things have to be pushed aside as you get older to retain more information. I have to compartmentalize so much information daily it's impossible to keep up with some of the courses not relevant to daily life.
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Famb gonna be selling bean pies with Loon come 2019
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You learn the most from traveling.
Honestly you only learn geography that's relevant to you or what you had to study in school.
Most people couldn't identity the majority of countries in Africa, so I'm not going to be upset if someone doesn't know where each state is.
That said, if you're going to be vocal about our international affairs in another country, you better know the geography of that country and the surrounding region, or shut up about it.
Honestly you only learn geography that's relevant to you or what you had to study in school.
Most people couldn't identity the majority of countries in Africa, so I'm not going to be upset if someone doesn't know where each state is.
That said, if you're going to be vocal about our international affairs in another country, you better know the geography of that country and the surrounding region, or shut up about it.
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I know all the states and the capitals, but that is mainly because when I was a kid we had those US map placemats and my parents would always be quizzing us on them.
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By the way, any of y'all watched that new Roger Stone documentary on Netflix? I watched part of it last night and will finish it later this evening.
I've found it very interesting so far.
I've found it very interesting so far.
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Life is too short to waste it on Roger Stone's ***
**** that man
**** that man
