Each time I hear the word geography, I think of a particular incident that happened to me that totally embarassed me when I was younger. This incident reminds me just how important understanding geography and knowing where you are in this world is.
For my 8th grade field trip, we took a trip to Washington D.C.. About 2 days into the trip, I made a comment in front of a bunch of people about how I thought it was supposed to rain all the time in Washington. My teacher told me that that was the state of Washingon. I thought I was in the state of Washingon. For the rest of the trip, until I got home to ask my parents, I had no idea where I was. I couldn't my finger on a map anywhere to guess where I was. I think it was really sad for someone my age at the time to not atleast know where Washington D. C. was.
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