----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 3:02 PM Subject: failure notice
> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at zanak172.oracool.net. > I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. > This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. vpopmail (#5.1.1) > > --- Below this line is a copy of the message. > > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: (qmail 6123 invoked by uid 506); 9 Oct 2003 20:02:10 -0000 > Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by zanak by uid 503 with qmail-scanner-1.20rc1 > (clamuko: 0.60. spamassassin: 2.55. Clear:RC:0:SA:0(0.0/5.0):. > Processed in 0.255368 secs); 09 Oct 2003 20:02:10 -0000 > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 > Received: from smtp805.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (66.163.168.184) > by zanak172.oracool.net with SMTP; 9 Oct 2003 20:02:09 -0000 > Received: from dialup-67.73.165.119.dial1.chicago1.level3.net (HELO oemcomputer) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@67.73.165.119 with login) > by smtp-sbc-v1.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Oct 2003 20:02:07 -0000 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "basia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "mpls list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Jennings- Color Matters? > Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:04:27 -0500 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 > > I went to my 10th grade son's conference at South High School last week, and > found that he has become an excellent student this year- for the first time > in his life! All of his teachers told me he had A's or B's. This is a kid > who has not brought a book home this year and does not have a study hall! > Last year he chose to go to 9th grade in Richfield as the Mpls. South hockey > youth program had folded. He could only be on the Bantam "A" team if he > attended HS there. He had a study hall, and frequent homework, and ended > the year with C's and D's. I asked his South teachers if he got A's because > he spoke English as a first language, and I was not kidding. In the > cafeteria; full of rows of tables, teachers and parents, at least 200 > people, I counted 3 African American parents. I asked the counselor what is > up with that? He told me I was 'preaching to the choir'. I am not sure of > the demographics of South HS., but I know for sure the percentages of folks > of color there was way out of whack with the student population. How on > earth is the color of a superintendent going to change parental/student > attitudes? > > On Sept. 11th, my son and his friend "snuck" out to skateboard from his > friend's home 2 blocks from South HS. They were going to be home by curfew, > but were late as they were assaulted by 3 men they had never seen or spoken > to before. My son was knocked to the ground and unconscious for at least > 1/2 hour. His injuries caused only 2 missed days of school and 4 hours in > the emergency room for CAT scans and x-rays. His friend was not so lucky, > we think he was beaten with his own skateboard. He has a fractured skull, > (at the temple) and looks like a grossly inflated, abraded eggplant. The > morning of 9/11 my son and 2 friends were robbed getting lunch at the Lake > Street Subway by some very large "gangster" Seniors from South HS. My boy > said he was not going to report it as he did not want to be killed. > > Good luck to all of you staying, my boy is very angry with me for forcing > him from his home, school and many friends. He loves the city. I do too, > but we are moving "up North" at the end of October and will not be coming > back, except for entertainment. School will be more difficult, he will need > to make new friends, but he will "hopefully" make it to adulthood alive and > educated. > > Barbara Murray > Riverside Park > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
