----- Original Message ----- From: "basia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mpls list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 3:04 PM Subject: Jennings- Color Matters?
> 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
