>my guess is down in Georgia in the old days they were still growing cotton and a lot of kids did not go to school until harvest was done late in October.,
80 years ago they started school after Labor Day and took a break to harvest cotton.In the 50"s and 60's we did not have air conditioning.We started school at 8:30 and were out at 3:00.The school year started in Sept and ended in June before it got hot.The rooms all opened to the outside with large windows that opened.We were also climatized.
Even for a Republican, your comment about the South seems prejudged....wonder how you would repond if I said something about San Francisco? There are plenty of comments available....
It might interest you to know that metropolitan Atlanta which includes most of the countries contiguously surrounding the liberal city of Atlanta/Fulton County are Republican. Additionally, it might also intersest you to know that the majority of residents in those areas are not Georgians, but transplanted Yankees (and some from SF, I might add).
Today, in metroAtlanta, you have to talk with quite a few people to find someone from Georgia originally. Coincidentally, I am one....