check it out. It is always prudent to check with web pages such as urban
legends BEFORE passing on well intended emails.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa102099.h
tm?terms=class+project

> From: Geoff McAuliffe <mcauliff@UMDNJ.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:31:42 -0500
> To: George Beaver <thebeaver@uswest.net>
> Cc: "'Histonet'" <Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
> Subject: Re: Help please/possible HOAX
> 
> George Beaver wrote:
> 
>> Ms. Thompson's third grade social studies class from Durham, North
>> Carolina USA is doing an internet project to see just how many people
>> one E-mail can impact. They will be graphing the number of responses and
>> the locations they receive e-mails from around the world. Please help by
>> sending an E-mail containing your city, state, and country to
>> MsThompsonsClass@yahoo.com.
>> 
>> That's it
>> Thanks for your help.
> 
> I am pretty sure this is a hoax or an attempt to overload Yahoo with e-mail.
> 
> Geoff
> --
> **********************************************
> Geoff McAuliffe, Ph.D.
> Neuroscience and Cell Biology
> Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
> 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
> voice: (732)-235-4583; fax: -4029
> mcauliff@umdnj.edu
> **********************************************
> 
> 
>