[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Education in the U.S.

[Lee Storm(God Is The Healing Force)]

| > [Lee]:
| > <snip>
| > (like the fact that there are five finger-lakes and seven great
| > lakes and fifty states,
| 
| Mike:
| HA! Seven great lakes? Sorry Lee, there are only five great lakes; 
| Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Lake St. Clair is never 
| counted as a great lake even by a MIchigander like me who lives not 
| that far from it. And is Lake Champlain your seventh? If so, methinks 
| your New York state of mind is showing. <wink>

[Lee]:
No, No, No!  My New York State of Mind wants good knishes!  It's the
Sinus-Ouch State Of Head and the thinking of five lakes and seven
continents, the writing of the lakes with the wrong number of them and the
forgetting of the continents.  But, you know, I still remember the wonderful
device a teacher gave me for remembering the names of the lakes..."HOMES."
<Grin>

[Mike]:
| Oh, Lee, they don't struggle any more. Haven't you noticed, they 
| press a button that has a little picture of what you bought on it and 
| the computer/cash register tells them how much change to give back.

[Lee]:
Goes back to what I said about depending on the machine more than learning
how to use the wonderful grey-matter computer we were created with that only
needs some good chocolate to keep it charged.  <Grin...Chomp>

[Lee (Before)]:
| > another co-worker writes, "How should I imput the leter,"
| 
| Mike:
| Heh, this reminds me of my brother. I always tease him that he won't 
| waste two "t"s when one will do the job.

[Lee]:
<LOL>  But it's just so unbelievable that she truly believe she had spelled
the word correctly.

[Lee (Before)]:
| > Well, time to crawl back under my rock. :-)
| > 
| 
| Mike:
| We'll see what responses we bring. I might have to ask you to budge 
| up under that rock. LOL

[Lee]:

Ah...there's room.

Hmm--remember that Twilight Zone..."Room for one more, honey."  <Evil Grin>

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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