howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#1
thought i would start this one as an add on to the history thread.
when i was at school this was a vague second in the boring stakes to history, again television makes it interesting.
that scottish bloke on coast for example is first class at getting something across in a clear but not condescending way, david attenborough(though not really geography) teaches us about the world around us with passion and eloquence.
even that travelogue with stephen fry has shown an america i would never have known about.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#2
Geography wasn't one of the subjects I enjoyed at school. I often wondered why male geography teachers always wore cord trousers and jackets with leather patches on the elbows. Was it some sort of uniform?
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#3
Ah yes, Geography. A high wire strung between the Cheddar Gorge and the mysteries of Etangs. Oh, and Hywel Bennett.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#4
Geography was the one I did like for some reason - Doctor Foster was the teacher
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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#5
Same for me Paul Geography and History,problem was you had to choose between one or the other,I choose History,I work in Travel now!
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#6
Geography wasn't my favourite subject at school, but I put that down to the teacher; not only was he dressed as Ross has described, but loved giving us pupils the slipper for the slightest misdemeanor - even the wrong answer would give him an excuse.
You are right Howard about those TV travel guides; I also loved the Michael Pailin travelogues and even Billy Connelly's travels in the North of Canada last year and this year's route 66.
Roger
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#7
Time to brag, I got an O level in geography.
I was fascinated by mountains and rivers, how they were formed and how the glaciers changed the landscape.
We had to do Geography and History back in the 1950's, the Tudor era being my favourite.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#8
the theme that runs through this and the history thread is that members took to or rejected a subject over the teaching.
it appears that some teachers have the ability to enthrall a class and others fall badly short.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#9
Doctor Foster, Paul? Was he the one who:
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain,
He stepped in a puddle up to his middle and never went there again.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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#10
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#12
a premier reply brian.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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#13
it could have been a paris hilton one howard.
