UncategorizedPosted by Tim on February 04, 2005 at 3:54 PM
Believe it or not, this picture was taken directly across the street from this one. What is happening in this town?
My first thought was, “Now here’s a town that really embraces its homeless problem”. Then I got to thinking, if they have homes, are they still hoboes? Or do they have some sort of intrinsic hobo-ness that society will never let them cast off? Or is the Laurel Hill School some kind of temporary group shelter?
March 28th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Our school was named for Civil War veterans who had to wander the country for work after the war ended.
April 4th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Well I go to Laurel Hill School and I think that the name Hoboes was given to us because of all of the train tracks that used to be here. The people used the train tracks to travel to work. I also think the same as Ms. Wiliams about the Civil War soldiers. Nobody else may think that it is a very good name but I think it is the best name that we could have ever gotten.
April 8th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
[...] 1) In Februrary of 2005, I posted about certain semantics questions posed by a sign outside of the Laurel Hill School (Florida) that reads “Home of the Hoboes.” Two years later, we’ve received fresh comments from Ms. Williams - a teacher at the school, and Jeffrey - a student. Jeffrey defends the mascot name saying, “Nobody else may think that it is a very good name but I think it is the best name that we could have ever gotten.” We agree Jeffrey. In fact, the school mascot is included on lists for the best/most unique team names (like this one). Plus, I hear you guys are really good at basketball. The sign, “Home of the Hoboes” intrigued me, because generally hoboes are - um - homeless. [...]