This reminded me of living in rural Western Mass some years ago. The
"fresh air" kids from NYC arrived several saw cows for the very first time.
However, what we all thought would be exciting turned into serious
dissappointment. Having only never seen cows "in person" before, the
children had anticipated animals the size of elephants. It took some doing
to convince them that these cows were normal.
At 04:19 PM 8/4/99 -0400, Kenneth M. Steele wrote:
>When I was an undergraduate, I spent one weekend at my
>roommate's home in Bergenfield, NJ. At supper one night, I was
>describing life in the Southern US and was talking about my
>grandfather, who had a tobacco and diary farm near Abingdon, VA.
>At that point I had to explain my roommate's 12 year old sister
>what was a dairy farm. She thought I was lying when I said that
>the milk she was drinking came from cows, and became so upset
>about the idea that she refused to drink any milk for the rest
>of my visit. (And I didn't even have the opportunity to explain
>the method by which it was obtained, only that it came from a
>cow's body.)
>
>Ken
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>Kenneth M. Steele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Associate Professor
>Dept. of Psychology
>Appalachian State University
>Boone, NC 28608
>USA
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