illiterate in America

[master of the puppets]

...whenever people talk about "americas people" i always feel like i'm in some seperate country! my county is the 3rd richest in the country, and the first is only 20 minutes away, but we are not like beverly hills, nah, usually we're more like hicks as we are deep in the forests but property taxes are thru the roof. but those taxes (which are really driving the less affluent people away) pay for the great school system i go to now.

i consider myself to be a well versed human and american, i am ashamed but rightly say i look down my nose at idiots, i have maps of the world tacked on my wall and a globe in the corner, an astronomy map and a 6ft by 3ft book shelf filled to the brim with stories, history books, astronomy, and even very basic theories on experiment physics on the creation of the world.

Mabey its just my school but the teachers here are oppressivly dedicated to seeing us succeed, and excluding jocks cheerleaders and assorted idiots, many of us are pretty smart.

still the school system around here is crap, teachers here are way underpaid (as they complain so much, but mabey thats just them) so much so that they mostly live in PA where the taxes are lower. but our books are usually new and i'm typing this on one of the 30 computers in out library, surrounded by information with a brand new copy of dan browns "Angels & Demons" at my elbow.

so i can't truly understand what you guys are talking about as i am a intelligent both from personal venture and from a good school. and of course the earth revolves around the sun spinning once on its axis every 24 hours and making a full revolution of the giant ball of burning gas once every 365 days.

but come to think of it, 2 days ago my history teacher was explaining darwins theory and there were a few people who had it go right over there heads, one of them actually asked "so all animals are going to turn into humans?" such idiocy just makes me want to scream.