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29/9/2023 at 11:42am
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Re. geography - I was taught the geography (location of major cities/rivers/mountains/etc, products - minerals, grain, meat, etc.) of all the continents - EXCEPT the UK - literally NOTHING of this country! This was at a grammar school 1955 - 1960.
In the course of an entrance "exam" for a job, two questions that I remember -
1."Out of the following cities, which would a train from London to Glasgow (where?) pass through? (cities 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc)". I could not name one; I chose at random!
2."Where is the Dogger Bank?" I've heard of this on the shipping forecast; it must be at sea! I'll show that I know something - "It's off the mouth of The Wash, which is between the south coast of Wales and the north coast of Cornwall...."
Incidentally, I did learn UK geography over the next few years after joining British Railways....
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29/9/2023 at 2:33pm
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What you have to remember with TV programs is that it's all staged to some degree, with failure expected to be a feature, pretty boring program if everyone won everything! Every chance the questions are stacked against someone who is already known to be weak on that subject!
Aware of the program, and Shaun Wallace is in fact a neighbour and known to me (by mutual friends, not the program), but never watched the program in earnest, just not my taste in TV.
I know how contrived TV can be, and really not to be taken at face value. Couple of examples.
Friend was on Dragons Den, and it was clear from the start he'd been picked and set up to be a 'reject' and made to look foolish for his idea, long before he uttered a word in front of panel/camera! - his presentation may have been genuine, but reactions were scripted and editing removed highlights of his presentation when broadcast!
Ex Mrs was interviewed by BBC news when she got caught up on her way to work in a major failure of the train network due to a derailment. The broadcast interview after careful editing presented her as a moron who had gormlessly stood on the platform for 4 or 5 hours waiting for nonexistent trains! Fact was she'd only just arrived at the station, and immediately got collared by the presenter. She was one of Europe's top and much head hunted managers in pharmaceutical drug regulation, she didn't get that far up the heap being gormless and not realising there were no trains anytime soon, and also a very high scoring member of Mensa too - a VERY smart cookie, one of something like one of the 2% brightest people on the planet!
Some of my friends adult and university educated kids do make me despair for the future of the planet though, but TV is far from the best place to be judging people, there is a hidden agenda with the program makers!
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