I'm not certain, what they teach over the pond, exactly, but some of my observations back from the days in Texas left me baffled.

Like when I was talking about weather patterns, it's basic knowledge, that they teach in high school over here...And it's obligatory... I graduated - a bit late, I admit - in 1996... "Oh, what are you now, a weatherman?" What a stupid question to make. Another baffling thing was how little of the geographical knowledge people had obtained, not to mention other weird issues considering basic subjects, such as global history.

I'm not attacking anyone with my post, I'm just saying, there are certain differences between different educational systems. We tend to approach the world from our perspective, as a tiny country in the Northern Europe, but in general... When I told anyone about thermal layers and how the wind affects different areas in certain ways, most people just went sarcastic, which wasn't what I was expecting for.