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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DC came home with study material for the SOLs, including a copy of [url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2806538-robert-e-lee]Robert E Lee: Confederate Hero[/url]:

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Robert E. Lee-the pride of Virginia! His military foresight, decisiveness, and ability to inspire greatness in his troops was phenomenal. Not only was he a brilliant Confederate general, he was also a perfect gentleman and loyal Virginian.
These popular readers include easy-to-read information, fun facts and trivia, humor, activities and a whole lot more. They are great for ages 7-12 (grades 2-6), because although simple, these readers have substance and really engage kids with their stories. They are great for social studies, meeting state and national curriculum standards, individual and group reading programs, centers, library programs, and have many other terrific educational uses.
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Among others, it talks about celebrating "Lee-Jackson-King" day. We're immigrants from a different country and had been taught in school that the South lost the US Civil War. 
We're not woke, but did we miss something?  Why do VA SOLs expect children to read books highlighting Robert E Lee in 2021?[/quote]
Well Robert E Lee still has a lot of descendants in Virginia and beyond that, he is one the heroes in the system of white supremacy.  
I don’t like the test either so my kids have opted out.[/quote]

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