Stupid question !!!!

[DemiLion]

That's because Geography lessons aren't sitting in front of a globe memorising the location of every country and it's capital city Polly parrot fashion. Times have moved on since Victoria was on the throne, and Geography is a very wide subject essentially covering the physics of our planet and how our human actions shape it. Being able to pinpoint Cape town on a map hardly deserves a qualification does it?

I can't believe I just stuck up for education...

Do you also advocate teaching maths and English without the basic building blocks, such as multiplication tables and grammar?

There's nothing wrong with varying the spread and remit of education, but for heavens sake get the ground work done first.