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"Mississippi rejected "Whole language" theory and went back to phonetics. Not only that, they held kids back at third grade if they couldn't read and spent their tax money on reading coaches. The American education system is so fucked that this basic thinking constitutes a "Miracle""
"One of them is a 33 yr old from Mississippi who lived in New York for a couple years before coming out west. She's always posting corny relationship quotes or a new dudes hands on her insta story when she isn't waiting tables or clubbing."
"North Carolina is among them, which isn't even a complete shithole like Mississippi."
"Dreaming of a Huck Finn-style adventure on the Mississippi, a young couple are instead afoul of the law."
"Nowadays it's monocropped to hell, condemning the mouth of the Mississippi to Hell and the Ogallala aquifer to death."
"Mississippi, one of the lowest-ranking states in nearly every other quality of life metric, is one of the best countries in the US on this issue because they tried Housing First."
"Growing up I hated banned book week because every one of them was banned by some private school in rural mississippi or something."
"Maybe like, somebody should do something about it? Not me though. I'm way too busy finalizing my Mississippi bunker."
"And if you ever visit Mississippi, you can pretty much skip Oxford all together. It's the least genuinely Mississippi-ish town in Mississippi, and despite Larry Brown having lived there it's nothing more than an uninteresting and generic college town."
"I'm also happy Mississippi changed, but I'm extra happy they required "In God We Trust" be included on the flag because it says "We don't want to be racist but we do still want to be weird-old Mississippi that you know and love" which I think is awesome."
"Are Louisiana or Mississippi ever going to introduce child benefits like Ross Douthat envisions, to serve as a 'shining city on a hill' for pro-life politics across the nation? No, they take a penal-carceral approach to the matter."
"Are Louisiana or Mississippi ever going to introduce child benefits"