One final observation:
Hadn't we thought Georgia was turning the corner, and leaving behind its reputation as the state known for five-toothed goobers and pick-up racin' rednecks? Word came out recently that the state school board took a step forward, then a couple of gigantic leaps backward all the way through the 20th Century to, well, I'll be generous and give them credit for post-"Period of the Unpleasantness with the Industrial Yankee North."
The school board instituted a new test intended to be mandatory for graduation from high school.
So, the state board, in its collective infinite wisdom, came to a decision: All the student has to do is come close.
Now, thar y'go. That's sump-mmm' t'shoot fer, ain't it?
As one grandmother put it, --I don't think having everything hang on a single test is right."
Well, that may have worked in 1960, but it won't fly in the high-tech 21st Century.
Want to venture a guess as to which test gets failed most often? Why, it's the very subject His Excellency, King George XLIII puts so much store in to make sure our "kids is learnin'" - Science.
Irony is so ironic.
But when you think about it, the dufus 18- and 19-year-old of today is the guaranteed Republican vote of the future -- and red state Southern blind allegiance.
Shalom, y'all!
(This column appeared in THE LONE STAR ICONOCLAST, Crawford, Texas, and at www.LoneStarIcon.com the week of May 29, 2006.)
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