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I don't worry much about what other people think of Kentucky. I've lived in several different areas of the US (DC/NoVA, FL, UT, WA, SoCal, Nashville, Houston, Indianapolis) and I'm very happy to return home after 34 years away. All of those areas have strenghts and weaknesses.
I totally agree with Sundance.
BTW in the photo, "banjo boy" from "Deliverance" is Anderson Cooper, who is on CNN.
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I don't worry much about what other people think of Kentucky. I've lived in several different areas of the US (DC/NoVA, FL, UT, WA, SoCal, Nashville, Houston, Indianapolis) and I'm very happy to return home after 34 years away. All of those areas have strenghts and weaknesses.
I totally agree with Sundance.
BTW in the photo, "banjo boy" from "Deliverance" is Anderson Cooper, who is on CNN.
When did u live in DC/NoVA (from a current unsatisified resident)?
Ranking states according to some standard of the quality of education is a dubious undertaking, in my opinion. Does it have any absolute meaning? Apart from that, though, having adopted Kentucky as my home, I do find a large measure of insularity here -- possibly a good thing, not sure. Just a feeling of "We're happy as we are." Seems as though there is no interest in change and/or progress. Of course, "progress" doesn't always mean improved quality of life. I've run into a good many under-educated citizens in several other states, too, but they seem to have more awareness of the world outside their own state.
State rankings in education mean absolutely zero as far as I can tell. Maryland has some of the highest ranking schools in the nation yet the entire state is filled with people dumber than dirt. Oh sure, we have kids who can test really well on nationally normed tests (don't get me started on those) yet they graduate stupid as hell. Not to mention that there are severe gang problems in every city in this state. If I had kids in school, which I don't, give me any small town in Kentucky where the schools rank 47th out of 50 as opposed to a school here that ranks high but turns out stupidity, not to mention equally stupid teachers who are paid an outrageous amount of money because of their union (I am for teachers making good money who deserve it). Those rankings that people place way to much importance on have to do with testing and not with the students themselves or how smart they are or how wonderful the education system is. And here is somthing else to put in your pocket for a rainy day, in 1999 (that was the last stat I had) 44% of kids graduating from high school could not read beyond a 4th grade level and that is a fact. So the educational problem is a national one, not a Kentucky one. And as far as awareness goes, believe me when I tell you that East Coast people with their neat little educational rankings have no clue as to what goes on outside of their own states. And that is because they are too busy lining their bulemic corporate pockets with the money of hard working folks in states like Kentucky to know what goes on outside of their own little worlds. Okay, rant over.
And that is because they are too busy lining their bulemic corporate pockets with the money of hard working folks in states like Kentucky to know what goes on outside of their own little worlds.
Sounds a bit paranoid to me. Otherwise, I agree with you.
And that is because they are too busy lining their bulemic corporate pockets with the money of hard working folks in states like Kentucky to know what goes on outside of their own little worlds.
Sounds a bit paranoid to me. Otherwise, I agree with you.
I lived in Maryland for thirty years. Saw the state government raping and pillaging the citizens of Maryland, but don't think their reach goes as far as Kentucky. The corruption of greed is everywhere and has less to do with any intrinisic flaw in capitalistic enterprise than with impoverished human hearts.
I lived in Maryland for thirty years. Saw the state government raping and pillaging the citizens of Maryland, but don't think their reach goes as far as Kentucky. The corruption of greed is everywhere and has less to do with any intrinisic flaw in capitalistic enterprise than with impoverished human hearts.
Yep, and they are still raping and pillaging. It gets worse every year. Just think of all those corps at Tyson's Corner and you will see that it reaches KY.
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