American Cliche #148
This week I decided to try an experiment and tape the show on video as well as audio. I have no idea how it came out. If it looks and sounds OK, it should surface on the website in the next day or so. If it doesn’t then you won’t see it. I’ll expect your feedback on it. 
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May 21st, 2008 at 1:29 am
Great Show again Scott, lovely to hear Mia. Hope she is doing well.
Fingers crossed for the show on video.
Please set the monthly payment up when you get 5 mintues.
Best Regards
Lisa
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:39 am
my memorial day weekend plans—cousins are coming down from michigan to hang out, then on monday a few friends and i are going to Cedar Point (America’s Roller Coast!!)
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:25 am
In regards to small schools, I graduated with 55 people in a rural community in Nebraska, and my cousins have less than 20 people in their classes. To the farmers/ranchers schooling in my area is the most important thing anyone can do for themselves. They pride on going to college also. Just my imput on small communities (in Nebraska anyway).
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
I graduated from a class of 18 (small even for my small school in Kansas). There were only 4 girls in the class, including me.
I think education is considered more important in rural communities because most kids won’t stay on the farm (what with all the agri-businesses taking over).
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:05 am
Lisa – You got your wish on the video part. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Jim – Have a great weekend. Hope you get nice weather!
Jill & Kasey – Great perspective on the rural school stuff. It is interesting that (a) there are so many small graduating classes and (b) that rural communities promote education so much as a way to move forward and move on.
-S
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Just my take on the whole small school topic. I went to a medium size city school, but know several people who went to smaller rural schools.
The impression I get (and Kasey hit on it) is that most kids leave the area. Especially if they go to college, they might not come back. So to me is makes sense that at some point the numbers of people living the rural communities would decrease, or at least those with school age children.
Of course that is not to say that smaller towns are not, or can not grow.
Any body feel the same? Or I am off here?
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:45 am
Richard, you are right, most kids do end up leaving the area. In my area there are a small portion that stay home, but the ones that do end up staying forever and raise their kids. However the ones that stay, usually go to school for small engine repair or mechanics school because the farmers in my area do thier own repair work on thier own farm equipment. Then they move back. Out of the 55 people I graduated with there were about 5 that ended up staying in the area. Almost all of them are now married and going to start families. YEA!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:33 am
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