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Asked by john536yuga72 on 17 Feb 2026.
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Louise Thurston answered on 17 Feb 2026:
I always enjoyed geography at school, particularly physical geography and the more I learnt the more interested I became, especially regarding the ways people are impacting the physical environment (pollution/climate change).
From this, I studied it at A-level, then university ! I didn’t know what i wanted to do after university but chose geography purely because I was interested. From that I discovered different careers I could have and have been lucky enough to be working as a geographer since!
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Vanessa Pilley answered on 18 Feb 2026:
Through school – its a great opportunity to see what you enjoy and what you don’t!
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Alan Jones answered on 19 Feb 2026:
2 superb geography teachers who made the lessons exciting to be in and really interesting. Lots of maps and videos of places around the world. We learnt a lot about countries and their history and how history and geography are intertwined. Where I lived in Wales there was so much physical geography and landforms and that made the subject alive.
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Alex Cartwright answered on 4 Mar 2026:
I got into geography by following the subjects I enjoyed the most. When I was at school, I actually thought I might become an engineer, so I studied maths and physics as well as geography. But over time I realised that geography was the subject that really kept my interest.
Geography helped me understand how the natural world and human world connect, which I found fascinating. So when it came to choosing what to study further, I kept leaning more towards geography.
Interestingly, I’ve still worked with lots of engineers during my career, and sometimes in engineering companies. I think geography helped me succeed there because it taught me to think about problems in a slightly different way – looking at the bigger picture, not just one technical detail.
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