parrisjd

parrisjd t1_j9dtlfd wrote

I feel like Virginia is a jack of all trades, master of none, and I find that appealing. Meaning - we don't have the highest mountains, the widest beaches, the best wine, the hottest summers, the coldest winters, etc. But we do have them all in one place, and they're pretty damn good.

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parrisjd t1_ixhkp6f wrote

I think at some point you have to look at schools named for people specifically because of their being a Confederate, like Jefferson Davis, vs those named for people for other reasons, like John Cary. Cary, postwar, became superintendent of the Richmond schools who raised teacher salaries and promoted increased funding for the education of black students.

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