A
university town which borders
Interstate 80 in the midst of
rural Pennsylvania.
The
university which binds the town to the hicks who have always been there is hardly
Ivy League. Anyone with a 2.0 GPA and an
SAT score of 200 can get in. That's not to say that those who teach there aren't well-qualified and good instructors. On the contrary, graduates of
Harvard and
Brown, those who have taught at
Princeton are employed as professors. Unfortunately for them, most of the people who end up in Clarion don't care about their futures, and are merely attending university to get away from their folks and move into the pseudo big city.
Here, teachers at the elementary and high schools are required to be atheletic coaches,
ethnic slurs are background noises to be ignored, and everyone is forced to pledge allegiance to the flag, even though it's
unconstitutional. Children in this town area taught to ignore
justice and
liberty, to create an
atmosphere of hatred. There are no
role models in Clarion, Pennsylvania, other than those who choose to leave.