Series 2558: Constituent Correspondence, 2000-2003
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From: Mark Millet <markmillet@earthlink.net> To: RM.GOV_PO.GOV_MAIL Created: 3/1/2000 4:14 PM Subject: Northwest Rankin Elem. School Message: Dear Mr. Musgrove, I think it is great that you will be at Northwest Rankin Elementary School tomorrow. It will give you a chance to see first hand that your idea of a computer on every student's desk is a little out of touch with reality. Schools need more and better paid teachers, not computers. Kids these days stare at digital screens too many hours a day as it is. They need personal one to one contact which can be achieved with smaller schools with smaller classrooms. My kindergartner's class has not had an assistant for nearly half the year because the pay is so low for that position. At my third grader's school (Vine St. Elementary) they have a whole room full of computers that they only use twice a year because they don't have a computer teacher. The schools have more than enough computers (two in every room) let's put the money where it really counts, teachers.... good teachers that deserve higher pay. Computers do not teach.... teachers teach. Thank you for your time, Concerned Parent, Jacki Millet - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\Northwest Rankin Elem_ School\Part.001 - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\Northwest Rankin Elem_ School\Mime.822
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