let me correct my last post. I have lived away from our dear mother County for a long while and have had the challenge of hearing other people's general perceptions of this dear mother County for a long long time. In fact, we were all blessed with some of the best and brightest teachers any child and young adult could ask for. My AP and general education classes were taught by imaginative, hands on, highly educated folks who never once let us think we were not set toward some higher expectations. I have friends who have become women fighter pilots (among the first), many Ivy league grads who are still friends of mine, physicians, professional musicians, therapists, wonderfully intelligent parents, professional athletes, sailors, fisherman, environmental scientists, writers, yoga instructors, professors, counselors, museum presidents, marathoners, state representatives, state senators, teachers and any other possible platform of human ability. We were never rednecks, but wow are there some who wish that was an easy title for people from places like ours. I am glad people don't know how to peg us. I am glad they don't understand the multi-layered place that is the upper Florida region. It's amusing to hear them talk, try to describe, and think that everyone there has hoods in their closets and flags to burn. Let's wish them well on their journey into ignorance. We certainly did not have one.