I still remember sitting in a one room class containing grades K-6, located on the Minnesota prairie, listening to the teacher read all of Wilder's books - while Wilder was still alive. We had strict gun control in the school, too - anyone bringing a loaded gun to school actually had to unload it, and leave it in the coat room.
Though this school was only a few miles from what is now "Lake Woebegone Trail", it was clearly quite different from the schools around Lake Woebegone. I learned none of the nonsense taught there.
only a few miles from what is now "Lake Woebegone Trail"
You musta been from near Freeport....wifey grew up in New Munich.