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	Your failure to complete the work of the course is my failure. I apologize for failing you. It is the responsibility of the adults in the building to provide you, as superintendent Carol Johnson directed, with "high expectations, high relevance, and appropriate support". If somehow you got the message that you didn't really have to understand and study and write about your relationship to history and the world, that doubt would give you an out. It is not in the nature of a healthy 17 year old mind to do anything unnecessary. You would be crazy to. Unless the adults in the building can be crystal clear about our expectations you are cast adrift. If there is a history of saying one thing and doing another, where some kids get away with not passing and others don't, where the very definition of passing seems subjective and random, that is a problem in the institution. You deserve better.		Your failure to complete the work of the course is my failure. I apologize for failing you. It is the responsibility of the adults in the building to provide you, as superintendent Carol Johnson directed, with "high expectations, high relevance, and appropriate support". If somehow you got the message that you didn't really have to understand and study and write about your relationship to history and the world, that doubt would give you an out. It is not in the nature of a healthy 17 year old mind to do anything unnecessary. You would be crazy to. Unless the adults in the building can be crystal clear about our expectations you are cast adrift. If there is a history of saying one thing and doing another, where some kids get away with not passing and others don't, where the very definition of passing seems subjective and random, that is a problem in the institution. You deserve better.

			=====on the seminar "for no apparent reason"*=====
			I want to address the observation that "because of a high level of stress in the last few days, I ask Mr. McKenna not be allowed to to give make up work the week of graduation."* I don't set the schedule.


			*from former class president letter to my boss

			<pre>
			May 18, 2009
			from: Hilton, Pamela
			to: Mawakana, Yvonne, Tim, Maureen, Winifred, Anna, Jeanmarie, Zahida, Ivette, Steven, Jeanmarie, Matthew, Hamida, HamidaMerchant, Mark, Amy, Leo, Carole, Paige

			Dear ILT and Senior Teachers, .. In a letter about to go out to the seniors
			we have the senior finals as:

			May 27 to June 2 - Senior Finals
			June 3 - Make-up
			June 4 - Sign-out

			Usually we do it this way even in the past when we did not have as many
			snow days as this year. If we think this year will require more make-up
			time, we can adjust the schedule. Also we will allow seniors after June
			4 with a final overall average between 60 and 69 a chance to do further
			make-up as we did last year and see if they can make up enough so they
			may 'walk' at graduation and not go to credit recovery for August
			graduation.</pre>

	====mailto:honcho@cityfeed.com====		====mailto:honcho@cityfeed.com====

68.163.207.124 at 23:56, 11 June 2009

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	====message to class of 09====		====message to class of 09====
	It was a great honor to be your teacher this year. This is my ideal job. I wouldn't trade my students at PATH for any in the world. You challenge me every day with your wit, your skepticism and your honesty. Every time you tell me WTF, I get to think about how I could do things a little better next time. In a way I owe you for making me a better teacher~~. Sorry, I'm not paying~~.		It was a great honor to be your teacher this year. This is my ideal job. I wouldn't trade my students at PATH for any in the world. You challenge me every day with your wit, your skepticism and your honesty. Every time you tell me WTF, I get to think about how I could do things a little better next time. In a way I owe you for making me a better teacher.

	I have a vested interest in having you all graduate from college. You see, I would rather have you running the world than most of the people who are running it now. I like the idea of your hearts combined with minds that have risen to <s>there</s> <s>they're</s> their potential. You ~~would~~ bring a sense of fairness and an ~~important~~ perspective to the world.		I have a vested interest in having you all graduate from college. You see, I would rather have you running the world than most of the people who are running it now. I like the idea of your hearts combined with minds that have risen to <s>there</s> <s>they're</s> their potential. You will bring a sense of fairness and an needed perspective to the world.

			Believe in yourself and fight for yourself as you make your way through college. Take risks. Your surest bet, the gamble that you have the most control over is the gamble on yourself. Don't necessarily blindly follow your advisers. Often they either tell you what you want to hear or tell you what is the safe path.
	=====students whom I failed=====		=====students whom I failed=====
	All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.		All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.

68.163.207.124 at 23:49, 11 June 2009

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	It was a great honor to be your teacher this year. This is my ideal job. I wouldn't trade my students at PATH for any in the world. You challenge me every day with your wit, your skepticism and your honesty. Every time you tell me WTF, I get to think about how I could do things a little better next time. In a way I owe you for making me a better teacher. Sorry, I'm not paying.		It was a great honor to be your teacher this year. This is my ideal job. I wouldn't trade my students at PATH for any in the world. You challenge me every day with your wit, your skepticism and your honesty. Every time you tell me WTF, I get to think about how I could do things a little better next time. In a way I owe you for making me a better teacher. Sorry, I'm not paying.

	I have a vested interest in having you all graduate from college. You see, I would rather have you running the world than most of the people who are running it now. I like the idea of your hearts combined with ~~a mind~~ that ~~has~~ risen to ~~its~~ potential.		I have a vested interest in having you all graduate from college. You see, I would rather have you running the world than most of the people who are running it now. I like the idea of your hearts combined with minds that have risen to <s>there</s> <s>they're</s> their potential. You would bring a sense of fairness and an important perspective to the world.
	=====students whom I failed=====		=====students whom I failed=====
	All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.		All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.

68.163.207.124 at 23:44, 11 June 2009

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	====message to class of 09====		====message to class of 09====
	It was a great honor to be your teacher this year. This is my ideal job. I wouldn't trade my students at PATH for any in the world. You challenge me every day with your wit, your skepticism and your honesty.		It was a great honor to be your teacher this year. This is my ideal job. I wouldn't trade my students at PATH for any in the world. You challenge me every day with your wit, your skepticism and your honesty. Every time you tell me WTF, I get to think about how I could do things a little better next time. In a way I owe you for making me a better teacher. Sorry, I'm not paying.

			I have a vested interest in having you all graduate from college. You see, I would rather have you running the world than most of the people who are running it now. I like the idea of your hearts combined with a mind that has risen to its potential.
	=====students whom I failed=====		=====students whom I failed=====
	All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.		All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.

68.163.207.124 at 23:27, 11 June 2009

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	====message to class of 09====		====message to class of 09====
			It was a great honor to be your teacher this year. This is my ideal job. I wouldn't trade my students at PATH for any in the world. You challenge me every day with your wit, your skepticism and your honesty.
	=====students whom I failed=====		=====students whom I failed=====
	All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.		All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.

68.163.207.124 at 23:04, 11 June 2009

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			=====students whom I failed=====
	All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.		All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.

68.163.207.124 at 22:59, 11 June 2009

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	All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.		All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.

	Your failure to complete the work of the course is my failure. I apologize for failing you. It is the responsibility of the adults in the building to provide you, as superintendent Carol Johnson directed, with "high expectations, high relevance, and appropriate support". If somehow you got the message that you didn't really have to understand and study and write about your relationship to history and the world, that doubt would give you an out. It is not in the nature of a healthy 17 year old mind to do anything unnecessary. You would be crazy to. Unless the adults in the building can be crystal clear about our expectations you are cast adrift. If there is a history of saying one thing and doing another, where some kids get away with not passing and others don't, where the definition of passing seems subjective and random, that is a problem in the institution. You deserve better.		Your failure to complete the work of the course is my failure. I apologize for failing you. It is the responsibility of the adults in the building to provide you, as superintendent Carol Johnson directed, with "high expectations, high relevance, and appropriate support". If somehow you got the message that you didn't really have to understand and study and write about your relationship to history and the world, that doubt would give you an out. It is not in the nature of a healthy 17 year old mind to do anything unnecessary. You would be crazy to. Unless the adults in the building can be crystal clear about our expectations you are cast adrift. If there is a history of saying one thing and doing another, where some kids get away with not passing and others don't, where the very definition of passing seems subjective and random, that is a problem in the institution. You deserve better.

68.163.207.124 at 22:57, 11 June 2009

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	All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.		All of you were capable of doing the work of Humanities 4. It is a tribute to you and to your teachers and parents that you could. There is a huge difference, however, between 'could have' and actually pulling it off. You were cheated if you did not write the papers and did not pass the final. You were cheated of the reward. You need to feel the reward so that in the future you will be willing take the risk of working hard again.

	Your failure to complete the work of the course is my failure. I apologize for failing you. It is the responsibility of the adults in the building to provide you, as superintendent Carol Johnson directed, with "high expectations, high relevance, and appropriate support". If somehow you got the message that you didn't really have to understand and study and write about your relationship to history and the world, that doubt would give you an out. It is not in the nature of a healthy 17 year old mind to do anything unnecessary. You would be crazy to. Unless the adults in the building can be crystal clear about our expectations you are cast adrift. If there is a history of saying one thing and doing another, where some kids get away with not passing and others don't, that is a problem in the institution. You deserve better.		Your failure to complete the work of the course is my failure. I apologize for failing you. It is the responsibility of the adults in the building to provide you, as superintendent Carol Johnson directed, with "high expectations, high relevance, and appropriate support". If somehow you got the message that you didn't really have to understand and study and write about your relationship to history and the world, that doubt would give you an out. It is not in the nature of a healthy 17 year old mind to do anything unnecessary. You would be crazy to. Unless the adults in the building can be crystal clear about our expectations you are cast adrift. If there is a history of saying one thing and doing another, where some kids get away with not passing and others don't, where the definition of passing seems subjective and random, that is a problem in the institution. You deserve better.