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I accept your apology. I would observe that there is a combination amongst
the student population of those who are making excuses and those who
actually have been discouraged. I think it's quite possible to address all
of the possible causes of a problem without taking the blame from one person
and putting it on someone else. Hence, while it is the student's
responsibility to put forth the necessary effort, if the school
administration is discouraging students from doing this, then they too
should look into changing their policies.
>From: "Joliene Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "onlinedemocracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Winona] Apology to Andrew
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 23:22:36 -0500
>
>I apologize Andrew. I did not intend my comments to be directed as a
>personal attack on you. That was not my intention. I did not believe you
>were speaking of your own ability to cope but that you were generally
>speaking for others.
>
>You spoke generically of students that you knew who couldn't do their best
>under certain conditions and I was speaking to this general population of
>students. Many of which might be using these types of restrictions
>(mostly thought of as proper safety precautions by the administration and
>not set up deliberately to make students unhappy) as reason's to not go
>ahead and do their best. If that is true, I do believe that to be a "cop
>out" attitude.
>
>I do feel that there is a general tendency in our society today by many
>people "to blame others" for many of our failings. I think that is sad.
>
>Again, I hope you will accept my apology as I intended no personal attack
>on anyone. My intent was a general observation and the suggestion that we
>have fewer choices of what happens to us but total choice of how we choose
>to respond to life's happenings.
>Joliene Olson
>507-454-1236
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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