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Some state tests have the weirdest acronyms.

Commonwealth Accountability Testing System: CATS, the standardized state test of Kentucky.

Missouri Assessment Program: MAP, the standardized state test of Missouri.

Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills: OAKS, the standardized state test of Oregon.

Palmetto Assessment of State Standards: PASS, the standardized state test of South Carolina.

Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students: PAWS, the standardized state test of Wyoming.

Furman University's Christian Knights. That's right, folks. This one was suggested by someone in the SCP chatroom. I don't even live in South Carolina. The chant for the football team was even better: FU!

Here in Miami, we have Florida International University, which is pretty close, but it just isn't as hilarious. It's a big campus. And by big, I mean REALLY big. People ask me, "Oh, Natalie, what university are you going to?" and I'm just like, "The big-ass college that towers over everything else." Colleges like the University of Miami, or UM for short, are too focused on sports. They put too much time and money into their sports teams. My doctor graduated from UM. Once, I accidentally wore an FIU jacket when I went to see him. He got pretty mad. 

I mean, there's also Miami-Dade College, but MDC is a really old campus. Its walls are just screaming, begging for a fresh paint job. But the inside is very modern. Everything is very high-tech. They've got computers that are hidden inside the desk and come out at the press of a button, and I remember doing a summer camp there and spending five minutes just like, "Yo, Gretchen, check this out. Now you see it, now you don't. Now you see it, now you don't." And Gretchen would get kinda pissed off, she'd be like, "I know, Natalie, we all have the same type of computer."

Back to acronyms. Up north, not too north, but north, we have the famous Lake Okeechobee. If you want to go hiking in that area, there are some nice hiking trails, such as the Florida Trail, which goes around the curve of the lake itself, and the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail. Ya know, LOST? The unfortunate acronym has not discouraged travelers. Most people who come to the famous lake utilize the 110-mile-long trail.