Thanks for the ping. I loved the indictment of "progressive" education in TKaM. And the church ladies reminded me of my mother and the Officers' Wives Club :-). Not their racial attitudes, but their general interaction.
You know it. I went to school with children like Walter Cunningham. Not a pot to pee in or a window to through it out of, but proud as peacocks and resourceful little suckers.
I love the ladies and their tea party. I was a tomboy and remember having to keep my ankles crossed, saying "Ma'am" and serving cakes to the "ladies."