Normally when you pick a school mascot, you pick something
that the student body can rally behind.
And the students of Hephzibah High School and Hephzibah Middle School
rally behind… a Confederacy Rebel. Now, the good news is that right now literacy and history
are two of the weakest points in grade school academia, at least in the Southeast. It stands to reason that, if you don’t read
well, you’ll shy away from doing much in-depth historical study, and perhaps
lack interest in history altogether. So
when you ask many kids if they know the significance and the historical context
of the Rebel mascot… they have no freaking idea what you’re talking about. Thus, thanks to their acute lack of knowledge,
they’re not offended by the mascot.
…Remember, that’s the good news.
