[Vagtlaldo]

I have noticed how countries that are taught in schools etc that their country is the best in the world e.g. America, Thailand, Australia are a lot more naive when it comes to any other country in the world or world history.
I have done the same as Stephen Cleary to Thai, American and Australian friends and I am always shocked at how little they know about other countries.
Maybe in Europe it is because we have the chance to travel more and there are a lot of countries with a diverse array of cultures all in a smallish area that we are more aware of other countries ways of life.
My younger brother can name every capital city in the world which I know is quite extreme but its not from studying them every day for a week, he just knows them from reading and geography at school.
I often find it frustrating discussing any world history or travel with some foreign friends because of them not having much knowledge of world affairs and only of their home countries...
I just think in some of these schools maybe it wouldn't go a miss to learn a bit more about world geography and history.