Re: School Affair

[Daniel Kronemann <kron4155@uidaho.edu>]

Kacey-

The old people aren't as dumb as they look.  I don't think it is accurate
to state that they haven't experienced the school system and have no clue.
They were ninth graders once too (a long long time ago for some) and
although hair styles and fashion have changed, much of the same issues
were present when your parents where in school.  I do appreciate your
contribution to the discussion.  You concern is to be commended.  Look, a
thinking student!  And from the public system.  Imagine that.

Daniel

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Kacey wrote:

> Over the past few months everyone has had something to say about the
> problems with our school.  Except one group of people.  They have
> something to say but are never heard.  The students.  I'm a ninth
> grader in the Moscow School District, and have been sickened to watch
> parents attack, and defend, a school system that they themselves have
> never experienced.  I cannot grasp the concept that a group of people
> can know how to improve something when they themselves have never been
> in it.  Instead of trying to decide how to run the schools how each of
> the adults would see fit, I propose that the students get some say in
> the arguement that has been going on.  Nobody knows better than the
> students of the district about how the schools are run.  I think we
> would all agree that the point of schools is to give young people an
> education.  An education that is run by a group of people familar with
> today's schools, and not by a group of people familar with yesterday's
> schools.
>
> -Kacey Krehbiel