Pluggers by Rick McKee for August 21, 2010

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    Little Miss Tink  about 14 years ago

    A great way to learn, since today’s kids don’t even know where the United States is.

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    BigGrouch  about 14 years ago

    Mt. Vernon is also in Iowa.

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    McGehee  about 14 years ago

    “Grandma, what state is Springfield in?”

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    McGehee  about 14 years ago

    Oh, and there’s a Mount Vernon in Illinois too.

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    lewisbower  about 14 years ago

    AK4MC Springfield is where the Simpsons live in—–

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    abesnake  about 14 years ago

    Actually, over half of the states (28) have a town or city by the name of Mount Vernon. In fact there are seven in Tennessee. There are also dozens of subdivisions with Mount Vernon in their name.

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    Gretchen's Mom  about 14 years ago

    Only Tink: I agree with you there. From the things I’ve seen and heard lately, it’s pretty scary what schools aren’t teaching kids these days … history and geography seem to be two of the biggest subjects I know of.

    Did you know they’re not even bothering to teach cursive writing in schools anymore??? Unbelievable! I remember as a child seeing letters and words written in cursive and I couldn’t wait to learn how to read and write it too!!!!!

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    tedcoop  about 14 years ago

    Lew, the Springfield where the Simpsons live is Portland, Oregon.

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    FurryFoot  about 14 years ago

    U.S.istan!

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    oranaiche  about 14 years ago

    GretchensMom said, about 3 hours ago

    Only Tink: I agree with you there. From the things I’ve seen and heard lately, it’s pretty scary what schools aren’t teaching kids these days … history and geography seem to be two of the biggest subjects I know of.

    Complain to the people who write The Test: history and geography aren’t on it.

    Or don’t, because if they start adding more tests, there won’t be any time for instruction.

    Did you know they’re not even bothering to teach cursive writing in schools anymore???

    Two things:

    See what I said above re: what is and isn’t on The Test.

    My school certainly does teach cursive writing. Students can then choose which they want to use when they need to write things by hand (which is going by the wayside as the use of technology, even in schools, increases.)

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    Sillstaw  about 14 years ago

    Who has money for meaningful souvenirs? Pluggers will take the dollar magnets, thank you.

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