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So embarrassing.. Do you know your Geography?

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pestilenz
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Denmark379 Posts
September 08 2012 10:41 GMT
#1
I just moved into a new dorm in Korea and I now have a Finnish room mate. Super cool guy, but today we started talking about geography, and after some talking back and forth he started quizzing me.

I have never really been good at geography, but he just made everything seem even worse. I couldn't even remember Oslo when he asked about it, and said that Africa was a country by accident. Everything just fucked up. I WOULD NEVER FORGET THAT OSLO IS NOWAYS CAPITAL!!!! And yet I did.... Feel so ashamed and stupid... Things like that should never happen....

I feel so bad atm. that I started practicing geography on the internet again whenever he is out of the room.

Have you ever experienced something similar that made you not only want to change it, but also do something about it?

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Haze.884
Profile Joined July 2011
New Zealand192 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 10:49:32
September 08 2012 10:47 GMT
#2
Why would anyone quiz someone like that ??;; If I knew about something and it was apparent that the other person didn't know anything about it, I wouldn't quiz them.. it seems a bit rude.

I think there is a saying that there is no shame in ignorance but shame in not trying to learn. (not sure the exact wording because I heard it in Korean). And you seem like a person who is eager to learn, so there is no shame in what happened. :D

I hope you have good time in Korea!
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B.I.G.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3251 Posts
September 08 2012 11:05 GMT
#3
Lot of Europeans think that Americans suck at geography and you proved that dude right haha ^^ but why don't you get back at him by asking him about geography in the US... I mean it's not strange that you arent as familiar with European geography, but calling Africa a country was kinda dumb xD

But look on the bright side, he exposed a weakness in your general knowledge and now you can improve it... No harm done right?
pestilenz
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Denmark379 Posts
September 08 2012 11:09 GMT
#4
On September 08 2012 20:05 B.I.G. wrote:
Lot of Europeans think that Americans suck at geography and you proved that dude right haha ^^ but why don't you get back at him by asking him about geography in the US... I mean it's not strange that you arent as familiar with European geography, but calling Africa a country was kinda dumb xD

But look on the bright side, he exposed a weakness in your general knowledge and now you can improve it... No harm done right?


Denmark dude... Denmark... Which is why it was so embarrassing...
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ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 11:12:22
September 08 2012 11:12 GMT
#5
I thought you were american when I was reading this blog...

Americans are dumb. They wouldnt even self study after they fail. You win!

edit: I'm american.

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Ryhzuo
Profile Joined November 2011
New Zealand198 Posts
September 08 2012 11:28 GMT
#6
I thought the capital of Russia was Berlin. I'm from New Zealand and was homeschool for most of primary school, so I never learned geography. Ever.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
September 08 2012 11:31 GMT
#7
On September 08 2012 20:28 Ryhzuo wrote:
I thought the capital of Russia was Berlin. I'm from New Zealand and was homeschool for most of primary school, so I never learned geography. Ever.


if you played awesome board games like risk and diplomacy you'd never need to :D
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
September 08 2012 11:38 GMT
#8
On September 08 2012 20:05 B.I.G. wrote:
Lot of Europeans think that Americans suck at geography and you proved that dude right haha ^^ but why don't you get back at him by asking him about geography in the US... I mean it's not strange that you arent as familiar with European geography, but calling Africa a country was kinda dumb xD

But look on the bright side, he exposed a weakness in your general knowledge and now you can improve it... No harm done right?


You proved it by assuming denmark is US xD
I think esports is pretty nice.
Zinnwaldite
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway1567 Posts
September 08 2012 11:46 GMT
#9
I can't remember ever having geography in school,, but i do have an okay grasp over the geography of our planet,, not sure why though,, must've picked it up somewhere.. O_o
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Bluelightz
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Indonesia2463 Posts
September 08 2012 11:46 GMT
#10
I'm proud I know geography! Well, mostly learned from reading history but w/e
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Mstring
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia510 Posts
September 08 2012 11:58 GMT
#11
If remembering which country Oslo was the capital of was important and/or useful then you'd have been able to regurgitate the critical knowledge no problem. I doubt you'd be embarrassed if you failed when quizzed on what I ate yesterday-- it's simply not important to you.

What makes this geographical fact so important that you should never have forgotten it?

Plenty of times in my life I've had the experience of needing to make change once my eyes had been opened to my ignorance. Just like you probably don't care to learn what I ate yesterday, you get to decide whether or not learning geography is something worth pursuing. To me, remembering to lock the front door is more important than remembering the capital of a country I've never visited XD
CaM27
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium392 Posts
September 08 2012 12:16 GMT
#12
On September 08 2012 20:38 Saechiis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 20:05 B.I.G. wrote:
Lot of Europeans think that Americans suck at geography and you proved that dude right haha ^^ but why don't you get back at him by asking him about geography in the US... I mean it's not strange that you arent as familiar with European geography, but calling Africa a country was kinda dumb xD

But look on the bright side, he exposed a weakness in your general knowledge and now you can improve it... No harm done right?


You proved it by assuming denmark is US xD


HAHAHA! Awesome what a tool! xD (just kidding)
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
September 08 2012 12:29 GMT
#13
Holland is in Amsterdam

wait what?
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Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
September 08 2012 12:45 GMT
#14
Europa universalis makes u gosu at geography and history. Especially EU2 with hardcoded abusable historical events :D
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B.I.G.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3251 Posts
September 08 2012 13:05 GMT
#15
hahaha ok stupid me for not checking your home country but yeah if you dont know the capitals of your neighbouring countries you have some studying to do ^^
PointyShoes
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Northern Ireland20 Posts
September 08 2012 13:22 GMT
#16
It's cool that you have a roommate that managed to make you start trying to fill a gap in your knowledge. You never know when something like geography could come in useful.

One thing I find weird is that I've met a lot of people in my travels that didn't know Ireland (Not Northern Ireland) is not part of the U.K. I suppose it's not exactly a relevant piece of information to a lot of people but I just find it strange people don't know.
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zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15345 Posts
September 08 2012 13:29 GMT
#17
I super impressed a girl from Namibia when I asked if she is from Windhoek. Knowing your shit is great
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Recognizable
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Netherlands1552 Posts
September 08 2012 14:18 GMT
#18
I'm so fucking awful in Geography, it's almost embarrassing. I know why I am awful as well. I never had Geography past elementary school(age 4-12). The thing is, that should've given me at least basic knowlegde of the world Geography, and it would have. If it wasn't for me finding a great method of studying Geography.

Basically, every Wednesday the first thing that happened that day was testing your Geography. What I would do was wake up 10 minutes earlier get my Geography book, and study the region we had to study. Usually the region didn't have more than 20 or so different rivers/city's you had to remember. What I did was come up with a rhythm/song that used these city's as lyrics whilst visualising the map in my head. I would repeat this song in my head during the trip to school. Because the test was the first thing in the morning I would still have the song fresh in my memory and ace the test. The thing is, I almost always used the same rhythms, very basic and very easy to remember,verygeneric. Which resulted into me forgotting the song only hours after the test. I would seriously get a perfect score on the test the first thing in the morning and when I got home after school I would not for, the life of me remember anything at all about what I had studied in the morning.
REDBLUEGREEN
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Germany1903 Posts
September 08 2012 14:42 GMT
#19
Oh I love Le dessous des cartes/Mit offenen Karten on ARTE.
Go check it out if you can understand french or german and want to learn some geography coupled with history.
Carson
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada820 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 14:48:07
September 08 2012 14:47 GMT
#20
Knowing geography is great, it always impresses people when they are from a distant country and you know some of the cities. I learned geography by playing a game with my grandpa. In his study there was (what seemed, for my age, to be) a huge globe. We'd have to find the city that he gave us in exchange for candy
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