Re: Study Abroad

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My favorite thing is that Lincoln is apparently counted as a "rural" place.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 6:49 AM
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A friend who grew up near Dallas had a penpal growing up who asked him if he rode a horse to school.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 6:51 AM
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I knew people who worked cattle on horseback. Not like for fun. That was how they earned a living.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 6:56 AM
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I don't really know what's happening in the really rural areas since people like me and Tim Walz left.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:01 AM
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Did they ride horses to school?


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:08 AM
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Probably not. But you could drive to school at age 14 when I was there.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:11 AM
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This does remind me that my parents very deliberately traveled with us kids to cities all over the county. My mom in particular was afraid we'd pick up the local culture and nothing else.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:15 AM
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Is highly scalable.


Posted by: Opinionated Young Pioneers | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:23 AM
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Sounds very like the 1939 evacuation programmes. Lots of tiny East Enders who had never seen a cow turning up in rural Wiltshire etc. And even pre war there were charities like the Fresh Air Fund in various countries.


Posted by: Ajay | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:36 AM
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They probably could have saved money by bringing a cow to the East End.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:41 AM
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Unless they had issues beyond having never seen a cow.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:49 AM
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12

And just take a violin to the village.


Posted by: heebie | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 7:59 AM
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Maybe a cello too. Extra credit.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 8:05 AM
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I have never seen a violin in South Dakota.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 8:11 AM
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Cows are just rural cellos.


Posted by: heebie | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 8:11 AM
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11 crossed with 12, fwiw.


Posted by: heebie | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 8:12 AM
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15: Because you can get your whole arm in one, but shouldn't unless you've had the right training.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 8:37 AM
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They both play low notes.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 8:56 AM
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All children deserve to grow up in an environment free of violins or thr threat of violins.


Posted by: Ajay | Link to this comment | 08- 8-24 9:40 AM
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"He soon met Kevin Coleman, a Texan who shared his love of cheeseburgers and Budweiser and they quickly became close friends."

This is an amazing origin story for the project! I do think being in a different environment is good for teens. But boy did race get erased from all of this feel-good story in a way that strikes me as deeply weird.


Posted by: Thorn | Link to this comment | 08- 9-24 7:21 AM
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ObWodehouse is "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend", one of the master's greatest short stories.


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 08- 9-24 8:37 AM
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