Tennessee GOP votes to keep Confederate flags in classrooms but ban pride flags
Tennessee GOP votes to keep Confederate flags in classrooms but ban pride flags
www.dailykos.com Tennessee GOP votes to keep Confederate flags in classrooms but ban pride flags
If a bill now racing through the Tennessee legislature becomes law, as it almost certainly will, it will become illegal to display a pride flag at a public school in a location where any student ...
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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.
My god, how far behind must the Utah schools have been for Mississippi schools to be ahead!
Right? It shocks me to this day. They were at least 6 mos behind the MS schools.
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