<DIV>What I found very upsetting was "Joes Cafe" in big silver lettering in the Student Union Building. Often the first thing many students and parents see is this improper punctuation. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I understand a note, or email written in haste having an error, but this had to pass by many people at the University before it was put up there. Good grief! Would somebody please add the space and apostrophe. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan <BR><BR><B><I>"Kai Eiselein, editor" <editor@lataheagle.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16448" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT size=2>My observations were taken from letters, notes, memos and other writings, including signs on doors, on campus.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>While some may call
it arrogant, is it too much to ask of those in higher education, students and faculty, be reasonably well versed in English?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>A failure in the ability to comprehend others' ideas, or to express oneself clearly in writing is ignorance and ignorance is the first step to tyranny.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thank you, Mrs. Johnson, for being a hardass high school English teacher.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=editor@lataheagle.com href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">Kai Eiselein, editor</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:51 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] School District Math</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't claim any of it is necessary for a college degree. That isn't my point. I will say; however, I enjoy working with the faculty members in my area, both in the public school and the University, because they are articulate, skilled writers, and good thinkers. Possibly you need to broaden your circle of acquaintances. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Additionally, I do believe people who are really fine writers, and you are, are sometimes arrogant in their comparison of their skills to those of others. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Sue</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=editor@lataheagle.com href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">Kai Eiselein, editor</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:29 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] School District Math</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Having worked on campus for six years, I
can unequivocately state:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Nahledge and yusage of gud gramer speling and punktuashun are not needed for a colege digree.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Most of the time, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the lack of writing ability by both faculty and students.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 30,
2007 9:19 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] School District Math</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Donovan makes a comparison one hears only too often today regarding the levy and its purpose. That's the pull between vocational and other education. His figure of 80% non college bound and 20% college bound is skewed for a number of reasons, but it isn't my purpose to mess with it. I would simply ask:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> What part of an academic education should those not college bound forego? A good grounding in math? So many vocational-technical careers are based in mathematic principals. Being a good writer--one who uses literary conventions (spelling, punctuation, grammar) correctly, in order to communicate effectively in an increasingly interactive
world? An introduction to good literature and the mental stimulation it provides? A sound knowledge of basic scientific principles, and the theories on which they are based? A knowledge of the history, not only of our country, but the history and cultural underpinnings of current nations and the governments which preceeded them? Foreign language? Art? Music? Are not all these offerings equally important and vital to the proper education of all our students, regardless of the career paths they choose, sometimes after heading down one path only to find they really want to be somewhere else? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> It concerns me when people begin to make significant distinctions among students and their intellectual needs, based on educational plans that could tie them to lifetime career paths they may later
find did not prepare them for the life they really want to lead. The best education for students is one that gives them ample preparation to sieze the opportunities which appeal to them in their 20s and 30s and not be limited by the choices they made, or even worse, those that were made for them, when they were 15 or 16. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Sue Hovey<FONT size=+0> </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vpschwaller@gmail.com
href="mailto:vpschwaller@gmail.com">Glenn Schwaller</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] School District Math</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Dr. Weitz is not only correct about the lawsuit because it is stealing from the public, but he is also correct in bring attention to the notion that the School District doesn't want to spend money and resources on the 80% of students that will not be college graduates and will be working a vocational job. Is it fair to spend 80% of the pie on 20% of the kids? I think not. MSD is practicing discrimination. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS. The poor nutritional value of school lunches are another example of poor decisions being made by the public
school system to prepare children for a quality life. <BR><BR><B><I>Glenn Schwaller <vpschwaller@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">MPDN page 7B, Tuesday May 29<BR><BR>Apparently the Whitepine School District has "proposed to increase its<BR>School Lunch Prices by an amount that exceeds 105% of the fee charged<BR>last year. The proposed increase of 25 cents per meal is 9% above the<BR>105% of the fees charged the previous year." Huh??<BR><BR>2006-2007: K-6 $1.75 7-12 $2.25 adult $2.75<BR><BR>2007-2008: K-6 $2.00 7-12 $2.50 adult $3.00<BR><BR>My abacus tells me this reflects a 14.3%, 11.1% and 9.01% increase,<BR>repsectively. So the grade school kids are subsidizing the adult<BR>lunches?? Whoa Vizzies! You were right! When Weitz roars, it's the<BR>kids who'll pay!<BR><BR>But wait! The proposed increase is "9% above the 105% of the PREVIOUS<BR>year". This means the
2005-2006 school lunches were 85 cents, $1.10,<BR>and $1.34 for K-6, 7-12, and adults? So THIS years' lunches exceed<BR>LAST years' lunches by 105%, (holy crap! and you're complaing about<BR>gas price increases??) And NEXT years' lunches will exceed THIS<BR>years' lunches by 9% (or is it 11.1%? or is it 14.3%??) So what's<BR>the "exceeds 105% of the fee charged LAST year"?? Or is it 9% of the<BR>105%, above the 105% of the last year before the previous year??<BR><BR>Was this written by one of the razor sharp legal minds that penned the<BR>current levy language?? Possibly they were educated by a<BR>less-than-stellar-can't-be-bothered-with-lesson-plans-yet-unionized-and-tenured<BR>math teacher who, in the wake of budget cuts, couldn't POSSIBLY be<BR>replaced by a young, over-achieving but mere 1st year teacher?<BR><BR>No, never mind. I'm sure it's all legal and arithmetically correct.<BR>Hey, 14%; 9% - it's all the same eh? Just one of those "minor<BR>nit-picky"
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