D. Doğu ATES Geography Teacher “I understand the logic and purpose of all subjects, but geography feels completely outside my area of interest. After all, I can easily find all kinds of information about any place thanks to communication tools. Even when I change neighborhoods within the city, I can learn in just a few seconds what I can do, what I can eat, which streets to explore, or what historical sites to focus on by using my smartphone. Beyond that, I can instantly find the height of mountains, the depth of oceans, or the features of lakes through Google. So, is there really a need for this memorization-based subject? Soon, thanks to thousands of satellites orbiting the Earth, we will be aware of everything on the planet, even ‘a fly taking off from the ground.’ Given this, why do we need a subject that forces us to memorize information about places on Earth?” This question, posed by Boran, a 17-year-old student in Ankara, to his teacher, raises an important issue: How should we respond to convince him and make him appreciate geography? Indeed, by 2025, the speed of information circulation worldwide has reached an incredibly high level*. The…