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Tennessee GOP votes to keep Confederate flags in classrooms but ban pride flags (www.dailykos.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Wilshire to c/news

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[–] Mostly_Harmless 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I went to grade school in Mississippi, (Air Force brat, 1970's) and here are some fun facts:

The day started with the class reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and then singing "Dixie."
Every classroom had a paddle hanging near the blackboard. The principle and many of the teachers also had a paddle handing off of their belt.
The "That's a Paddlin' " bit on the Simpsons was a 100% accurate representation of my first day in school
The Mississippi schools were about 6 months ahead of the Utah schools I came from and they made me do a lot of the homework assigned before I got there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My god, how far behind must the Utah schools have been for Mississippi schools to be ahead!

[–] Mostly_Harmless 1 points 9 months ago

Right? It shocks me to this day. They were at least 6 mos behind the MS schools.