[Islander7]

However, if you look at education, Minnesota does outscore Mississippi and many other states in that area.

If you parse the demographics, Mississippi is at or above the national average.

[ScubieNuc]

I’ll take your word on that. I realize that figures don’t lie, but liars can figure.

I’m not anti-Mississippi or anti-South by the way. I’ve never been to Mississippi so I can’t judge it one way or the other. What I have seen of the South (panhandle of Florida, Virginia) I would say that I love the South. I just don’t have any relatives living down there and the heat would probably kill me, so I suppose I’ll always be a Yankee by geography. 8(
I am a rebel at heart though. 8)