Saturday, July 14, 2007
Black Eye for Richmond Virginia Public School
Or rather the lack of one.
The Binford Middle School in the fan in Richmond (Floyd and Vine--due north of Hollywood Cemetery) issued a certificate of 'graduation' for the 8th graders heading to high school with the picture of Karl Marx instead of Frederick Douglass. Oopsie. Well, they both had beards. Although Marx, a German Jew, was a shade or two lighter than emancipation icon and former slave Douglass. Close enough, I say. You can see how easy it would be to confuse them.
I am a product, I am semi-proud to say, of Richmond private schools. I knew what Douglass looked like. Not like Marx.
The Binford Middle School in the fan in Richmond (Floyd and Vine--due north of Hollywood Cemetery) issued a certificate of 'graduation' for the 8th graders heading to high school with the picture of Karl Marx instead of Frederick Douglass. Oopsie. Well, they both had beards. Although Marx, a German Jew, was a shade or two lighter than emancipation icon and former slave Douglass. Close enough, I say. You can see how easy it would be to confuse them.
I am a product, I am semi-proud to say, of Richmond private schools. I knew what Douglass looked like. Not like Marx.
Labels: Public Education Quality
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:33 AM 
