It’s November 21, and North Carolina became a state on this date in 1789. When people think of North Carolina, they often think of the state’s two premier college basketball programs, North Carolina and Duke, which have combined for 11 national championships and both have a shade of blue as their main school color. The shade of blue North Carolina uses is much lighter than the shade of blue Duke uses, and when it comes to writing answers on exams in your middle school correspondence courses or high school correspondence courses, please use dark blue or black ink. Our instructors use red ink when they grade exams in paper-based middle school courses or paper-based high school courses, so please do not write in red or any other color besides dark blue or black. Thank you for your cooperation and for allowing us to serve you.