Muscatine

Of course my favorite state is Louisiana, where in New Orleans, half a million liberals live below sea level. 

I'll drink to that.

"I would expect not many since No Child Left Behind has put so much emphasis on reading and math and eliminated a need to know geography and science. "

No Child Left Behind did not "eliminate a need to know geography and science".  You are either misinformed or lying to push an agenda.

Read the following.  You don't have to spend too much time on it and it is fairly plain English.:

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nclb.asp