In Louisiana, by the time you graduate, you have taken standardized tests in 4th, 8th, and at least 6 tests in high school. You have also taken the ACT and the WorkKeys test. You have also drilled for each of those at least 5 times.
If you can't fill out a bubble, then your vote shouldn't count.
I thought they weren't good to eat (I'm in northern Louisiana) until some Cajun friends of mine from college lost their mind about me leaving some longnose gar on the bank where I was shooting them with my bow. One of them took me home one weekend and his momma made me some "garballs" which were fantastic. Looked like a mixture of white meat, potato flakes, and seasoning that was baked in the oven.
Gar are one hell of a lot of fun to bowfish. Big. Especially alligator gar.
A lot of states allow charter schools to hire teachers if they have a degree in the subject, rather than a teaching degree. It is great to teach at such a school because we don't have a lot of the BS teacher activism. We're just people doin our job.
Education desperately needs more normal people, who have a good knowledge of a subject, to get into the classroom. I've taught at schools where I was the only person to have a degree in a subject other than education. That should never be.
A lot of western Christianity is apostate. Totally apostate. I became a Christian in my early 20s in the Bible belt when I just felt as though I should find and read a Bible my grandmother had given me as a child. I went to around 20 churches in my town/area and was tremendously disheartened to find them all empty of the teachings in the Bible. One day my friend set me up with a young lady who invited me to her church and I was introduced to a true church that teaches honestly and fully and has members who, despite our absurd imperfection, genuinely love and support each other.
Such churches do exist, though they seem to be the stark minority in our country.