So I went to Catholic school when I was little. And there were nuns there. Nuns with guitars. So we were taught songs for EVERYTHING. Including the 50 states. In alphabetical order. And I can sing it in double time.
I entered them in alphabetical order, too, because I am a major nerd.
I didn't realize it was a Catholic School song though.....we sang this in chorus in my public school, and then I worked in another public elementary school where the kids sang it.
It's not a Catholic school song at all. You're right. IU just meant it's the kind of thing they like to make you sing in Catholic school b/c they think it's important for kids to be patriotic and memorize stuff.
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Date: 2007-10-07 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-07 02:25 am (UTC)I entered them in alphabetical order, too, because I am a major nerd.
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Date: 2007-10-07 03:38 am (UTC)I, too, can name all 50 states in ABC order thanks to Catholic School songs...
"Fifty, nifty United States from 13 original colonies..."
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Date: 2007-10-07 03:54 pm (UTC)I didn't realize it was a Catholic School song though.....we sang this in chorus in my public school, and then I worked in another public elementary school where the kids sang it.
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Date: 2007-10-11 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-10 11:19 am (UTC)I only got 48 in the 10 minutes, but that's not too bad since I'm Australian. Kind of sad really that I can name that many!
If you want to know the 2 most obscure states in the US, the ones I missed despite having the map in front of me were....Oklahoma and Iowa.