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MineralMan

(146,298 posts)

2. I grew up in California.

Reply to rustbeltvoice (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 02:40 PM

Jul 2015

In second grade, I recited the Gettysburg Address in a Lincoln costume, complete with a top hat made of black construction paper, as part of a school presentation with parents in attendance. I got picked, I think, because I was the only one in the class who could read it aloud correctly. I discovered that I could memorize things easily, too.

Being only seven years old, I wasn't even nervous.

Bottom line, Lincoln was treated as a major hero in our schools in CA.

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inquiry question: Lincoln [View all] rustbeltvoice Jul 2015 OP

I had only K through 7 in the south. We moved out after. Glassunion Jul 2015 #1

I grew up in California. MineralMan Jul 2015 #2

Lincoln was presented as a great president who freed the slaves. cwydro Jul 2015 #3

Same for me in GA public schools. brer cat Jul 2015 #5

Of course, the south haters on DU (whose hatred has begun to truly amaze me) cwydro Jul 2015 #6

I can't believe that there are still a dozen or more a day. nt brer cat Jul 2015 #7

I know, right? cwydro Jul 2015 #8

MD. Mixed. Igel Jul 2015 #4