A number of years after he graduated, a former student, Rob, related a story to me
Rob said that he and his
friend, another of my former Seneca pupils, Susan, got into a
discussion of how to pronounce the capital city of South Dakota.
They even went so far as to call the SD governor's office to ask. When
the receptionist answered the phone they actually asked to talk to
the governor to solve their disagreement. Amazingly, the receptionist
informed them that the Governor was out of town but they could speak
to the Lt. Governor if they liked. You must be kidding me. When
else and where else other than 1990's South Dakota can that happen.
They were thrilled and asked the Lt. Governor how to pronounce his
capital city. “Peer,” he said. I don't who won the argument.
They conversed with the Lt. Governor for a few minutes and finally
said, “ we had a history teacher who claimed that North Dakota is a myth and does not exist. Without hesitating, the Lt Governor replied, “ As far as I can tell, he is absolutely
right.” does it get any better than that? I have over 800
Facebook friends, about half of which are former pupils of mine and
the concept has gone, at least in a local sense, viral.
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