a baby asked me bout my status. he's so cute. but so young. i felt like Blanche from 'a streetcar named desire' for a minute. we just finished reading, watching, and talking about that in class today.
i really like this class, man. i went to the library today to the cellar where they sell all their used books and picked up two by faulkner and one by harper lee whatchacallit. imagine, me readin books by white men. and bein excited about it. never thought i'd see the day. but i am.
my mama AND father will be there for the awards ceremony tomorrow. im interested to see how that will play out. im more interested in seein how much this cash prize will be for, tho.
karas, ive been meanin to fix ur unsigned yearbook problem. ill do that @ my earliest convenience.
i dont have anything else to add. im gonna close with the email that my good country friend kenny sent to president shearer today, presumably on my behalf. he wants me to call him tomorrow so that we can talk about it.
nite, yall :o)
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Received: 05/12/04 11:04 pm
Subject: Concerned Senior
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President Shearer,
I realize that sending you an email is probably not the best way to approach this, but I know that we are all very busy at this time of year and I thought that this medium would be the best.
I am writing to you because I am concerned about the process that was used to choose the speaker for our graduation. Even though I am a member of the Senior Celebration Committee, I only found out today who would be speaking next Saturday. When I heard who this person was, I was at first a little surprised, and I am still trying to figure out why this person was chosen. I do not know Catherine Ford all that well, and I am sure that she will do a fabulous job, but if I recall correctly, out of the three speeches that the Senior Celebration Committee chose to send to the administration for review, those of Tracy Clayton and Cassandra Barnes were favored over hers. Having spoken to other committee members and other fellow classmates, I have found that the consensus is a feeling a discouragement and disappointment. We feel that since this graduation is for us seniors, it should only be appropriate that our voice be heard more so than that of the administration. At this point, I do not feel like that is what has happened, considering that the person that the Senior Celebration Committee selected as the best person to address the class was not chosen. While I realize that at this point it is too late to reverse this decision and select who I feel would be a more deserving candidate, I would hope that in the future priority would be given to the seniors and not the administration when it comes to selecting the speaker for graduation.
I appreciate your time and consideration on this matter and am available if you would like to meet and discuss my concerns.
Thank you,
Kenny B
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i love kenny.
ps - the skinny white girl who's givin the speech graduation day is a horrid dancer. we shlda had a dance off to see who gets to give it. i'da chickenheaded her into oblivion, b'lee dat.
