August -- No, I never had Geography.  I had to teach a lot of these things to myself because at one time I wouldn't have been able to find any countries on the map if my life depended on it.  I often don't have any idea where a certain state is located, or where a certain country is located, and sometimes I never even heard of a place that someone is visiting.  I never studied the state capitals or anything else that people study in school.  I'm really not sure why we were never taught any of that.  I actually don't feel that I had a good education, if I look at the whole of it.  And the funny thing is, I went to the school district in NYC that has been rated #1 for decades.  However, according to my admittedly biased memory, most subjects were taught in a kind of lame style -- where no one really cared if you learned or not.  Just pass the test and be on your way.  So when History was taught, I was mostly daydreaming.  It bored me.  And the way it was taught was boring.  Spanish?  I took semester after semester and when I got to visit Spain, I couldn't speak more than a few words.  Science?  I didn't like it and I got a 65 and that was a passing grade, so that was good enough for me.  I think I had a good English education but that's because I was in Honors English so I was already doing a lot of Shakespeare in High School, not just one play.  Sooooo.... I only know where the major states are -- the easy ones like California, Florida and Texas and Maine.  But I played with this test for a few hours yesterday and I think I've learned a few things.  I can probably identify more states than I could before I took the test.  So it's been a great learning tool for me.  (Thanks Beth!)