[Night Hides Not]

I graduated from HS in California in 1972. AFAIK, CA was #1 in education, or at least very near the top. I tested at a 12th grade reading level when I was in 6th grade, and I'm sure most of my peers were at the same level.

Nowadays, people moving to Texas receive a shock shortly after their arrival. If they have kids in high school, they discover their children are 1-2 years behind their peers.

They also learn that, at least in North Texas, everything is taken seriously: academics, sports, band, etc. Texans, in general, love to compete, and they play to win. Outsiders may not like how we do things, but they can KMA.

My two oldest children have long since graduated from high school, and I know their HS experience was far superior to mine. My son was in band for 4 years, while my daughter was on drill team for two. Our band (Coppell) is one of the best in the state, and has been to all of the big parades, to include Dublin, Ireland.

My youngest son enters HS next year. He loves football and there will be plenty of opportunity to compete. Last year, there were two freshman teams and two JV teams, in addition to the varsity. I'd never heard of that before coming to Texas. I would not be surprised if there are three freshman teams next year, based on over 200 boys playing 8th grade football this year.

I could go on, forgive the rant. It's not perfect here in Texas, but I can't think of living anywhere but here.

[rdb3]

I hear ya.

I lived in Dallas for 13 years, and my heart never left the great state of Texas!

Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.

[RipSawyer]

I’m too old to move to Texas so I’ll have to stay in South Carolina but for some reason a lot of people have said that I sound like a Texan on the telephone. I have had occasion to call the state a lot in the past and some of those who said they had lived in Texas all their lives asked me what part of Texas I grew up in. When I made calls to New York sometimes people would ask, “Are you from Texas?”