Why didn't I ever learn this in geography class?

[Laura Knotek]

I watched a program on Netflix from the Discovery Channel called Wildest India.

I know India is a really big country, with a variety of climates and wildlife, but I never knew there is a desert in India.

The episode about the Thar Desert was fascinating. I had no idea it even existed, since it was never mentioned in my geography class in school.

 

[teckris]

there is more to learn... I didnt know most of the things in the world.. Even i dont know much about Sea!!

 

[slyronit]

I watched a program on Netflix from the Discovery Channel called Wildest India.

I know India is a really big country, with a variety of climates and wildlife, but I never knew there is a desert in India.

The episode about the Thar Desert was fascinating. I had no idea it even existed, since it was never mentioned in my geography class in school.

That is not surprising, considering that many Indian kids don't know about it's existence, either.

 

[teckris]

That is not surprising, considering that many Indian kids don't know about it's existence, either.

Dont blame kids I get a bit hurt.. LOL
I knew Thar exists but still dont know about it much

 

[Wam1q]

Well, the Thar desert is a big desert. And I always studied that in my geography lessons. In one of my lessons, we had a map with all the desert regions of the World and sure enough, there was the Thar (native pronunciation is 'turr') in India and its extensions, the Cholistan and the Thar-parker deserts in Pakistan. It is pretty evident that the arid Western region of India and the Southeastern regions of Pakistan are desert.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Well, the Thar desert is a big desert.

That's why I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in my geography class.

 

[teckris]

That's why I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in my geography class.

You missed some assignment too

 

[Wam1q]

That's why I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in my geography class.

Reach out to your geography teacher and and ask her why she didn't teach that.

 

[SlingLaker9811]

That is not surprising, considering that many Indian kids don't know about it's existence, either.

Most[99.99%] of kids know there is a desert in India. It's taught in the 5th standard I think....

 

[teckris]

I would say what ever Discovery or National Geographic presents, make me wonder if i missed something to see!!
Last day [on 15th Aug] they showed something about elephants and all. That video was more than decades old but contained so much about Our culture that i felt too happy to see again as most of the essence is lost to the E-World...

 

[Laura Knotek]

You missed some assignment too

The lessons and textbook were terrible. I had the impression that India only is: cold in the mountains, and hot and humid everywhere else. :unhappy: I had no idea of the diverse climate, due to the geography.

Then again, I thought Seattle, Washington got lots of rain. I found out later, from a friend who lives there, that Seattle gets less rain than I do here in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

[teckris]

The lessons and textbook were terrible. I had the impression that India only is: cold in the mountains, and hot and humid everywhere else. :unhappy: I had no idea of the diverse climate, due to the geography.

Then again, I thought Seattle, Washington got lots of rain. I found out later, from a friend who lives there, that Seattle gets less rain than I do here in Cleveland, Ohio.

Thankfully we are Enlightened by the WorldWideWeb even though our books are cluttered in Webs

 

[Laura Knotek]

I would say what ever Discovery or National Geographic presents, make me wonder if i missed something to see!!
Last day [on 15th Aug] they showed something about elephants and all. That video was more than decades old but contained so much about Our culture that i felt too happy to see again as most of the essence is lost to the E-World...

I love elephants! My Windows Phone 8.1 homescreen is an elephant picture. So is my Windows 8.1 lockscreen.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Reach out to your geography teacher and and ask her why she didn't teach that.

That teacher has long since retired, since I am 45 years old.

 

[teckris]

That teacher has long since retired, since I am 45 years old.

Oh.. Great.. May be she knew You will learn yourself.
By the way i m just half that age!!

 

[Wam1q]

By the way i m just half that age!!

I'm a lot younger than that even...

 

[slyronit]

Dont blame kids I get a bit hurt.. LOL
I knew Thar exists but still dont know about it much

I blame India's schools and teachers.

 

[teckris]

I blame India's schools and teachers.

Dont be rude.. All teachers get blamed what ever they do. Teach well, then kids bored. Teach less Grownup are hurt..

What a wonderful world..

 

[WanderingTraveler]

Aye, you probably never learned about the fact that the Philippines spent 46 or so years under the Americans, either.

But that's history, not geography!

 

[Bobvfr]

Teachers cannot teach every fact, so they should try and concentrate on teaching children the wish to learn by themselves.

Don't blame the teachers if you don't have an enquiring mind though, some people are happy to know what they need to know, even when that is plainly not enough to actually exist in a world of other people :straight:




Bob