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Why do American kids memorise state capitals in school? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Aggravationstation to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I get why American states have capitals but why do American children have their ability to remember them all tested?

Seems like a pointless exercise to fill time and I can't find any explanations about this when Googling.

I can't imagine a scenario where that information could be useful. Even before the internet people could just look them up if they really needed to know them.

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[–] christophski 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm British and we never had to do that...

[–] JoBo 1 points 7 months ago

Seriously? That list is burned in my brain. I always have to start with it and then mentally update for subsequent political upheavals (much like how I remember family phone numbers: start with what they were in the 1970s and then add all the changes made since).