What did you learn at the Fair this year?
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In 1902, the St. Paul and Minneapolis School Boards pushed the opening day of school back to the Monday after the State Fair. Education authorities stated that there was "more to be learned in a single day at the fair than in double the time at school or college." What did you learn at the Fair this year?
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