Then, for some reason, we are suddenly calling ourselves Eagle Nation. Now, just when did our school district secede and become its own country? Was there a civil war? Was there a certain amount of paperwork to become a nation all on our own? I don't think so. We are a school district, a collection of schools in this part of the state of Missouri. Our nation - the United States - does have an eagle as one of its symbols, but the Joplin Eagle is distinctly a symbol of our schools.
But there it is. Did you hear it? Might it be better to call ourselves an Eagle Family?