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[burgbarbl]

Terry wrote:
> I haven't weighed in much on this thread...but really, people who 
don't know > New Mexico as a state?  (hope this isn't too political; 
incendio me if it > is.)  Anyway, it seems strange that people 
wouldn't know the US states; I > was quizzed on them several times in 
4th grade.  That's about 9-10 years> old.  Do some people forget that, 
or do they not get that part of education?

I actually missed learning the states and their capitals. I moved 
between 3rd and 4th grades from New Jersey to Connecticut. In NJ 
students were taught them in 4th grade; in CT, they were taught in 3rd 
grade. I also missed learning to play the recorder because of this.

                      -BarbL