Comments on: Senior Business http://www.richardmondello.com/2008/06/04/senior-business/ Life of a Student at Tufts University Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:52:13 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike, @ jen http://www.richardmondello.com/2008/06/04/senior-business/#comment-858 Mike, @ jen Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:58:20 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=508#comment-858 (Sorry for the 2x post!) "What [sic] can’t kids read and write suddenly?" - Kids CAN read and write, though not well. They HAVE TO take an English class every year (if you follow the NYS standard), which is stupid. "They are cutting all the middle school classes like music, art, computer to give the kids like my little sister more English classes." - The High School class pres doesn't control this at all. Talk to the MS principal, the BOE, and/or the budget people to see what's up. Anyway, I wouldn't doubt for a second that Rick'll use at least a bit of his speech as a call to attention for the faculty; that's what I'll be doing, too. (Sorry for the 2x post!)

“What [sic] can’t kids read and write suddenly?” – Kids CAN read and write, though not well. They HAVE TO take an English class every year (if you follow the NYS standard), which is stupid.

“They are cutting all the middle school classes like music, art, computer to give the kids like my little sister more English classes.” – The High School class pres doesn’t control this at all. Talk to the MS principal, the BOE, and/or the budget people to see what’s up.

Anyway, I wouldn’t doubt for a second that Rick’ll use at least a bit of his speech as a call to attention for the faculty; that’s what I’ll be doing, too.

]]> By: Mike, Cornellian http://www.richardmondello.com/2008/06/04/senior-business/#comment-857 Mike, Cornellian Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:47:28 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=508#comment-857 Speaking of June and fun, 1. When's your orientation? 2. When's your last day? 3. How's your speech coming? 4. I'm gonna have an end-of-the-year party soon (not really a "graduation" party specifically). When are you available? Speaking of June and fun,
1. When’s your orientation?
2. When’s your last day?
3. How’s your speech coming?
4. I’m gonna have an end-of-the-year party soon (not really a “graduation” party specifically). When are you available?

]]> By: jen http://www.richardmondello.com/2008/06/04/senior-business/#comment-856 jen Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:37:51 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=508#comment-856 Ricky I love your blog about all the problems at our school. But not enough students have ever read your blog or even know about it. Why don't you print out some copies and bring it in to school to give out to our class? My friends say you got scared because the principals warned you to stop blogging about the school and keep your big mouth shut or else. Is that true? You have been a great president but now its looking like you sold out and aren't going to continue to talk about our school's problems. They are cutting all the middle school classes like music, art, computer to give the kids like my little sister more English classes. What can't kids read and write suddenly? Why don't they see why the English teachers aren't doing their jobs instead of cutting all the classes kids like and need? You are our president, will you voice this opinion or are you now a scareddy-kat like my friends say. This is your last week of high school to speak up, are ya gonna be a man or a mouse? Anyone who read your blog agrees with you but not enough people have read your blog. We need a president who gets the message out and doesn't coward when pressured to stop talking...Are you going to mention any of your opinions in your graduatioon speech or did you sell out? Are you going to speak up in school next week or sell out?? Ricky I love your blog about all the problems at our school. But not enough students have ever read your blog or even know about it. Why don’t you print out some copies and bring it in to school to give out to our class? My friends say you got scared because the principals warned you to stop blogging about the school and keep your big mouth shut or else. Is that true? You have been a great president but now its looking like you sold out and aren’t going to continue to talk about our school’s problems. They are cutting all the middle school classes like music, art, computer to give the kids like my little sister more English classes. What can’t kids read and write suddenly? Why don’t they see why the English teachers aren’t doing their jobs instead of cutting all the classes kids like and need? You are our president, will you voice this opinion or are you now a scareddy-kat like my friends say. This is your last week of high school to speak up, are ya gonna be a man or a mouse? Anyone who read your blog agrees with you but not enough people have read your blog. We need a president who gets the message out and doesn’t coward when pressured to stop talking…Are you going to mention any of your opinions in your graduatioon speech or did you sell out? Are you going to speak up in school next week or sell out??

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