Agreed. However, that is the condition of most ALL state's public school systems currently.
Incorrect. There are a lot of places where public education is fairly decent. Illinois is a fiscal basket case, but the public schools here are pretty darned good. Ditto for other midwestern states. That's one reason why midwestern state universities also rank very high in national rankings; Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan are all excellent academically. This somewhat atones for their slow-motion brand of football.
And as for dissing on Mississippi, I have never been there but will take prof's word that it's a conglomerate of trailer parks which happen to be lucky to have some coastline and casinos.
That's a fair assessment. MississiPi exists for the sole purpose of giving Alabamians somebody - anybody - to look down on.
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