Boy Howdy!! Not real sure I want to get in on this, but seems things need to be cooled off a bit. Cuz;N David really stirred the pot here! I agree with James, Bob, Pat, Bettie, et. al, that: What we were taught in school was not factual in many ways. The Civil War\War of Insurrection\War Between The States (or whatever you call it) was NOT fought over slavery. Primarily it was fought over the right of the states to secede from the union, which was one of the conditions some of the states insisted on before they would ratify the Constitution in the first place. But, to lighten things up a bit, hopefully, and assure Anthony that we are NOT racial bigots, consider the following: You get a virtual lolli-pop when you finish! Jack Landers - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------- For high school and college graduates, here is a list of 11 things they did not teach you in school. In his book, Bill Gates talks about how to feel good, politically correct teachings created a full generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. You may want to share this list with someone you know. 1. Life is not fair. Get used to it. 2. The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. 3. You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both. 4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. 5. Flipping burgers in not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping-they called it opportunity. 6. If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. 7. Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. 8. Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. 9. Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time. 10. Television is NOT real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to their job. 11. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.