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Question of the day: Do you think people know enough about Texas history?
By dwray in The nature of things
February 1, 2011

It turned quite chilly this morning - here at the Crossroads we're staring down some of te coldest weather seen in these parts since 1989 - but the Question of the Day had to be asked so this intrepid ranging reporter went out to IHOP to ask it: Do you think people know enough about Texas history?

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"I'd say probably 40 percent of them know enough. The rest of them don't though." - Jim Leisring, retired, Greenville, Indiana.

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"We don't know enough about history in general, let alone Texas history." - Ann Friar, retired, New Palestine, Indiana.

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"No, because they don't teach teach it in the schools. My nephew is taking Texas history now and he doesn't know anything." Jeremy Offill, pipeline surveyor, Houston.

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"They know as much as they care to." -Billy Winston, accountant, Victoria.