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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you agree with his op ed, sign Matthew Herrity's petition.

https://www.change.org/p/arlington-county-school-board-arlington-public-schools-integration
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Why should anyone sign a petition that has factual errors, such as asserting Madison HS is "inside the Beltway" or that Yorktown is the third least diverse school "inside the Beltway"?

The kid needs to fix all the sloppy errors, resubmit his paper for a better grade, and then see if anyone else wants to sign a petition. Egging him on right now isn't a good idea and just makes the W-L community look ignorant.[/quote]

you are just a bitter, disgusting human being. [/quote]

Well, aren't you polite?

The premise of the (sloppy) letter, as I understood it was that a W-L student was chiding the board for not making sure Yorktown and Wakefield were not just like W-L.

I'm tired of people from W-L holding their school out as some type of ideal environment.  It's not all that, and quite frankly the people I've met from both Yorktown and Wakefield were far nicer.  [/quote]

As someone who makes her living as an editor, I can assure you that the "sloppy" letter written by this high school student is orders of magnitude better than what I frequently see written by highly educated adults. Why don't you post an analysis you've written so we can compare? Topic of your choice. We'll wait.

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Perhaps you can write a kick-ass letter of recommendation (assuming you're not the boy's parent).  LOL.    [/quote]

No, not his parent. My own terrific writer writes for his college paper.[/quote]

Sorry, hit post too soon. Meant to add:

This letter speaks for itself. The author wouldn't need my recommendation.

I'll say it again: Not very many adults can write this well. Either PP didn't actually read it or she doesn't know what good writing looks like.[/quote]

Good writers don't keep repeating themselves, and they don't misrepresent facts just to score rhetorical points.

Neither you nor the author of the petition is a very good writer.[/quote]

I'll tell that to my publisher.  :roll: [/quote]

Not impressed in the slightest. I received a foundation grant and was published in my 20s. Big deal.[/quote]

Np- and you can't comprehend a clearly articulated high school letter? Lord, they'll give anyone a grant won't they![/quote]

I understood it very well for what it was, despite its numerous factual and grammatical errors: an effort by a W-L student to present his own school as a model that every other school in the county should be forced to replicate, despite the inconvenience to others.  When he decided to take it public, egged on by some snooty parents who think they should be making the decisions entrusted to an elected school board, it was fair game for criticism.

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Again, you are making it very clear that you don't know much about teenagers. One of my teens, like the author of the piece in question, is very active/aware politically and has written numerous letters and emails to elected officials (county, state, and federal), visited the offices of elected officials several times (county), and written letters to the editor of the WaPo or ArlNow on a number of different topics that are important to him. He has also shown up to speak at county meetings. You take it as a given that this teen must have been egged on by parents/adults, but those of us with politically aware teens know that often the parents are the ones saying, "Well, maybe you should tone down this paragraph," LOL. My DS is far more politically active/aware than DH and I are. He doesn't get it from us. (Our other teen has different interests, and would be loathe to make a speech to the county board or school board.)[/quote]

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