The great state of Tulsa

I shudder to think of what they are teaching my teenagers in school nowadays, especially in Geography. I came across a ticket stub that my Dad had from when I as in the Miss Muskogee pageant. My oh so precious and very blonde daughter Amber then asked me if Muskogee is a state. Earlier this year she asked if Tulsa was a state. This disturbs me...we visit "the great state of Tulsa" every 6-8 weeks! Back to Muskogee though. Her dear, sweet mother, ever the sarcastic one, said "well, geez Amber, what do you think?" She said that she did, in fact, think that it was a state at which point I asked her where Muskogee was. She said it was by Kansas. Oooh muh Gawd.I let her think she was right for a few minutes before I told her the harsh reality of her little world. I had to do something before she aspired to run for Governor of the state of Muskogee when she grew up.
What are they saying to these kids at school? Are they teaching them the states? Hello? Is her geography teacher too busy filing her nails? My child is in 6th grade and has no clue about most of the states.
Now I normally HATE it when my parents pull that "when I was young" bit, but here goes...

We had to learn SONGS about the states. We had to learn their capitols. We had to write them all down in test format. We learned jokes about them, we used acronyms, etc. Our teachers may not have been able to get us to memorize the countries of the world, but at the very least, we knew the states of the country we LIVED in. Geez oh Pete.

As an aside, I remember a joke that was something like "What did Delaware to Virginia's party? New Jersey."