Washington-Loving

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Anonymous wrote:I hate this name. My DC, a W-Ler, hates this name. If they choose it, we will go the Prince route (My DC attends the School Formerly Known as Washington-Lee). Is there no prominent Arlingtonian whose last name starts with L?

Yes, there is. He's even buried in Arlington. His name was Lee.

How about one that didn't fight against the US? If it's too difficult to pass that low bar then let's just drop the L altogether.

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Anonymous wrote:The mascot is very unlikely to change based on what I’ve heard. Washington will stay part of the name and he was a general.

It should just be The General.

And he should have a handle bar mustache and give you a quick rate on car insurance.

Good call. Swapping Lovings for Lee means no more GeneralS. Now there is only one General.

I just cannot imagine who would have to be on that committee to to pick Loving. It is beyond stupid.

Progressive and open-minded. You are an idiot.

NP. It’s not unreasonable to ask why APS would consider renaming a school after a couple with no ties to Arlington or NoVa. Do you always call people who aren’t as “progressive” as you are “idiots”? That doesn’t sound very “loving” at all.

The kids and most in the community would despise that name.

The other options on the committee list:
Washington-Lincoln: president, but wasn't from VA/Arlington
Tubman: no direct relation to VA/Arlington
Liberty: "value" that has no direct connection to VA/Arlington

The Lovings were from Virginia, and the SCOTUS case is titled Loving v. Virginia. I think it's kind of fitting to have a school named after them in the commonwealth of Virginia after they successfully beat the state's racist policies of the 1960s.

Lincoln reviewed the Union troops in Arlington - look up the Grand Review.

Washington-Loving is such a stupid name.

Harriet Tubman worked together with the abolitionist John Brown in then state of Virginia. She was a more honorable figure than Washington or Lee in my opinion. The school should be named after her before any of the others on the list.

Your opinion.

And John Brown was a murderer.

Correct. Not only was he a murderer, but he was a rapist as well. Buuuut, he's black so he fits the bill, right?

John Brown was black? What!? OMG, we need better history text books in VA stat.

And this is probably why we're going to get stuck with Washington-Loving. Idiots on every side.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate this name. My DC, a W-Ler, hates this name. If they choose it, we will go the Prince route (My DC attends the School Formerly Known as Washington-Lee). Is there no prominent Arlingtonian whose last name starts with L?

Yes, there is. He's even buried in Arlington. His name was Lee.

How about one that didn't fight against the US? If it's too difficult to pass that low bar then let's just drop the L altogether.

Such a simplistic view. You should pick up a book.

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Ridiculous name. Are they going to rename their teams the “Lovers”? What a joke!

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous name. Are they going to rename their teams the “Lovers”? What a joke!

Nope. The mascot of the Generals will stay the mascot.

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous name. Are they going to rename their teams the “Lovers”? What a joke!

Nope. The mascot of the Generals will stay the mascot.

THE general
Not the generals.
They will only have one general.
And a married couple.
So... I don’t even know what to do with that.
Such a bad choice. Yuck.

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Why can't it just be Washington High School? Still the Generals. It's bordered by Washington Blvd.

I would anticipate that if they go through with this name, the kids aren't going to call it that. It will be called W-L or Washington in common use. They'll only use the full name when forced to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous name. Are they going to rename their teams the “Lovers”? What a joke!

Nope. The mascot of the Generals will stay the mascot.

THE general
Not the generals.
They will only have one general.
And a married couple.
So... I don’t even know what to do with that.
Such a bad choice. Yuck.

Mascots are often plural even when the actual mascot figure is singular. There are multiple students so there are plural "Generals". My HS's mascot was an Knight on a charging horse. We were called "The Chargers". Not the Charger.

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous name. Are they going to rename their teams the “Lovers”? What a joke!

Nope. The mascot of the Generals will stay the mascot.

THE general
Not the generals.
They will only have one general.
And a married couple.
So... I don’t even know what to do with that.
Such a bad choice. Yuck.

Mascots are often plural even when the actual mascot figure is singular. There are multiple students so there are plural "Generals". My HS's mascot was an Knight on a charging horse. We were called "The Chargers". Not the Charger.

You weren’t named after Sir Mix a Lot, you were named after a random knight. It’s a little different.

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous name. Are they going to rename their teams the “Lovers”? What a joke!

Nope. The mascot of the Generals will stay the mascot.

THE general
Not the generals.
They will only have one general.
And a married couple.
So... I don’t even know what to do with that.
Such a bad choice. Yuck.

Mascots are often plural even when the actual mascot figure is singular. There are multiple students so there are plural "Generals". My HS's mascot was an Knight on a charging horse. We were called "The Chargers". Not the Charger.

You weren’t named after Sir Mix a Lot, you were named after a random knight. It’s a little different.

But I get your point.

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous name. Are they going to rename their teams the “Lovers”? What a joke!

Nope. The mascot of the Generals will stay the mascot.

THE general
Not the generals.
They will only have one general.
And a married couple.
So... I don’t even know what to do with that.
Such a bad choice. Yuck.

Mascots are often plural even when the actual mascot figure is singular. There are multiple students so there are plural "Generals". My HS's mascot was an Knight on a charging horse. We were called "The Chargers". Not the Charger.

That's a good argument for why it should just be "Washington" then. "Loving" is just incongruous; it doesn't work with the name Washington or the mascot.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't it just be Washington High School? Still the Generals. It's bordered by Washington Blvd.

I would anticipate that if they go through with this name, the kids aren't going to call it that. It will be called W-L or Washington in common use. They'll only use the full name when forced to do so.

This is the case already. Everyone calls it W-L.

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous name. Are they going to rename their teams the “Lovers”? What a joke!

Nope. The mascot of the Generals will stay the mascot.

THE general
Not the generals.
They will only have one general.
And a married couple.
So... I don’t even know what to do with that.
Such a bad choice. Yuck.

Mascots are often plural even when the actual mascot figure is singular. There are multiple students so there are plural "Generals". My HS's mascot was an Knight on a charging horse. We were called "The Chargers". Not the Charger.

You weren’t named after Sir Mix a Lot, you were named after a random knight. It’s a little different.

But I get your point.

Actually, I our knight was Don Quixote but that was never referenced except in the name of the yearbook -- The Quixotian. Yeah, it was a weird mascot. Just went to look at their website and the knight has been dropped, so there is only a horse now.

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There's at least one other High School in Virginia named Washington and Lee, in Westmoreland county, where both were born. I suppose the Westmoreland county school could attribute the "Lee" to the two signers of the Declaration of Independence born in that County from Virginia? Maybe Arlington Co. could as well?

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can someone put in an eye-roll emoji for me?