I learned geography in school. It was horribly done. In elementary school, pick a country from a region and memorize trivia about it, then watch interminable

I learned geography in school. It was horribly done. In elementary school, pick a country from a region and memorize trivia about it, then watch interminable presentations from classmates about their chosen country within the region. In highschool, it was primarily "how to read a municipal topographical map" as if that provides any meaningful context. And lots of stuff about how the region was shaped geologically. Very little real context about how the larger world works. Also nothing about municipal civics and planning.