> It gets a bad reputation because there is of necessity a significant amount of memorization. Ah, the joys of having to memorize all the counties and then al

> It gets a bad reputation because there is of necessity a significant amount of memorization. Ah, the joys of having to memorize all the counties and then all 50 states and their capitals. Never again. > And I really hate to be one of those the-US-is-really-terrible-at-this guys, but it’s been my experience that the US is really terrible at this. We could do better but it's not like we don't learn geography. We learn state and national geography. I supposed world geography could be emphasized more.