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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's really strange to see expression of school spirit or pride as a negative. It's evidence of a good community. It's a good thing when alumni love their college. It's a good thing when the school's network is strong. It's not "cocky" to be proud of your college. It's a pretty normal thing...unless you went to a school that didn't have much school spirit. 
 
UVA grads (and Tech grades, for that matter) are a lot like grads from where I went to school. Super proud, wear the school gear, get together for watch parties, hope our kids consider it when their time comes, etc. [/quote]

Being cocky is no problem. It is a problem when UVA grads start to believe (irrationally) that UVA is clearly better than Michigan, better than UCLA etc. and comparing and attacking other schools and acting superior to graduates of other equal or better schools. I noticed that you decided not to touch upon that issue and instead pretended to be all dumb... and throw out "what is wrong with displaying school spirit?" BS.[/quote]

Outside of DCUM, UVA grads simply don’t feel this way.  [b]There’s an irrational hatred of UVA on this board,[/b] and I’m convinced it’s because it annoys the shit out of people because it’s so highly ranked and so much cheaper than privates and DCUM can’t get their kids in. [/quote]

Irritation with UVA goes way beyond this board and has been a thing for a long, long time. A lot of it’s their own doing. If you’ve only lived in NoVa for, say, 10-15 years or less and you’re coming on here saying “But MY kids aren’t cocky!” you don’t exactly get it. [/quote]

Well said and I have been a resident of VA for 29 years and on DCUM for about 17 years.[/quote]

Oh come on people. My response about my own kids was mostly in jest, because go to any school and pick any two people off the campus, you can find someone who will say anything. Obviously I realize that just because my kids are happy and not cocky, doesn't mean that there are not many more who are. But the poster who said they know a few UVA grads and they are cocky, then equates that with every UVA grad being cocky? That's ok in your world I guess because it suits your narrative?[/quote]

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