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07-19-2004, 01:19 AM

why is it that in school we only learned about the countries that have (/had) important relationships with america?

maybe that was only my high school (or i wasn't paying attn)

but my god there's geography outside of american history

lapietra · 07-19-2004, 11:49 AM

Yeah... I feel ya.

I still have problems looking at an unmarked map of the world and telling which countries are which... It's so hard to understand when you're a kid what will be important later...otherwise I would have pushed for taking AP History (the only way I would have learned about world geography and history). *sigh*

noxxville · 07-19-2004, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by fodder
why is it that in school we only learned about the countries that have (/had) important relationships with america?

Umm....does the word "ethnocentric" ring a bell?

07-19-2004, 12:36 PM

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Originally posted by noxxville
Umm....does the word "ethnocentric" ring a bell?

obviously, that was my complaint.

do you have anything new to add?

daverbee · 07-19-2004, 12:56 PM

I barely remember taking history in high school and didn't go near it in college so I have no idea what's going on with it these days.
I did some studying of world history and such on my own and have always been interested in maps so I got a decent education in geography and other countries without help from our local school board.

noxxville · 07-19-2004, 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by fodder
obviously, that was my complaint.

do you have anything new to add?

Sure.......the statement "there's geography outside of american history" is pretty obvious also. There's plenty of geography outside of Women's Studies as well....that's why they have seperate classes for them.

07-19-2004, 01:26 PM

yeah, i guess my complaint about american education was just a complaint and not a conversation starter

but i wasn't talking about a geography class - i was talking about high school education classes (be it in world history, geography, w/e) only teaching about countries that have important resources for the u.s. or who have earned their name in the chapter because of past crisis with the u.s.

i resign from this stagnation

Clytie · 07-19-2004, 01:39 PM

i had a 7th grade geography teacher who DEMANDED we learn all the countries, capitals, rivers, lakes, seas! Every week we had a test. blank map we fill it in. it was HORRID...but now thanks to her when i hear news about some obscure place. i know where it was.

altho i was ticked when the USSR split -- i had all those names down!

agentsmith · 07-19-2004, 02:21 PM

"plug in the penguin"
-me...i just saw a stuffed penguin with a plug...

funkytuba · 07-19-2004, 07:10 PM

[dev]*do not lick the electric penguin butt*[/dev]

07-19-2004, 01:19 AM	#1
fodder Posts: n/a	randumb why is it that in school we only learned about the countries that have (/had) important relationships with america? maybe that was only my high school (or i wasn't paying attn) but my god there's geography outside of american history

07-19-2004, 11:49 AM	#2
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	Yeah... I feel ya. I still have problems looking at an unmarked map of the world and telling which countries are which... It's so hard to understand when you're a kid what will be important later...otherwise I would have pushed for taking AP History (the only way I would have learned about world geography and history). sigh __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

07-19-2004, 01:39 PM	#8
Clytie thundering is my favorite Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: motivated to be all i can be Posts: 3,827	i had a 7th grade geography teacher who DEMANDED we learn all the countries, capitals, rivers, lakes, seas! Every week we had a test. blank map we fill it in. it was HORRID...but now thanks to her when i hear news about some obscure place. i know where it was. altho i was ticked when the USSR split -- i had all those names down! __________________ your star shaped heart has reached out to me and together our hearts beat as one bound by the rich red that runs coarsing united we stand stronger than before able to face the dark with hands entwined

07-19-2004, 02:21 PM	#9
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07-19-2004, 07:10 PM	#10
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07-19-2004, 12:56 PM	#5
daverbee Key Lime Pie rocks!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oh, yeah! Posts: 7,695	I barely remember taking history in high school and didn't go near it in college so I have no idea what's going on with it these days. I did some studying of world history and such on my own and have always been interested in maps so I got a decent education in geography and other countries without help from our local school board.

07-19-2004, 01:26 PM	#7
fodder Posts: n/a	yeah, i guess my complaint about american education was just a complaint and not a conversation starter but i wasn't talking about a geography class - i was talking about high school education classes (be it in world history, geography, w/e) only teaching about countries that have important resources for the u.s. or who have earned their name in the chapter because of past crisis with the u.s. i resign from this stagnation

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