tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post5049437962922005368..comments2023-10-23T15:59:33.310-04:00Comments on The Newsless Courier: Using SC Elementary Schools for PoliticsBabbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11152952119296267993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post-6640041090197134552009-02-10T04:47:00.000-05:002009-02-10T04:47:00.000-05:00It wouldn't surprise me if plenty of school kids w...It wouldn't surprise me if plenty of school kids who have toured the museum know it - mine both did. A whale skeleton makes a big impression on a 7-year-old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post-25451373841374882232009-02-09T18:13:00.000-05:002009-02-09T18:13:00.000-05:00You are correct, evidently, about the Museum's wha...You are correct, evidently, about the Museum's whale skeleton's being a right whale. That just reinforces my case--everyone knows about the skeleton, but how many South Carolinians know it's a right whale? <BR/>Certainly not yours truly.Babbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152952119296267993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post-27948963428336114342009-02-09T14:36:00.000-05:002009-02-09T14:36:00.000-05:00Wasn't it a right whale that made a wrong turn int...Wasn't it a right whale that made a wrong turn into Charleston Harbor about 100 years ago. If that is correct, then what a wonderful metaphor. The locals chased the poor creature all up one river and down the other until the confused and exhausted creature was finally beached, killed, skinned and its bones bleached in the sun. Now the right whale, if that's what it was, hangs from the ceiling at the Charleston Museum. Pat Conroy once suggested that is a proper description of what Charlestonians once did to outsiders and probably would still like to do to tourists. Alas, we might want to consider this as an appropriate fate for some of the public education officials CCSD has imported or who have wandered into region.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com