By Mark Messing
At some point, every elementary school teacher will have their students memorize all 50 states. I personally remember my teacher’s creative 50-state-memorization tactic. One by one, each student went up to a United States map, pointed to the states they had been to and described what kind of place it was.
I would guess that every student in the classroom vowed to travel more that day. As we discussed the interesting places we had been, it was impossible not to think of the places we hadn’t. This sentiment was especially strong for me, as I only had two states to point to: Michigan and Illinois. "Some day, I am going to visit all 50 states!" I told myself. At the time, I thought it was quite an ambitious goal.
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