As a student of the St. Thomas More High School
senior class, I am upset with the negative angle employed by Meredith Colias in
the article entitled “C-SPAN bus rolls into town, but students still skeptical
of political process.” Having witnessed the interview, I can attest that the
quotes in this article were small sections of opinions from a fraction of our 240
students, taken out of context, to paint a picture of us that is not accurate.
In addition, the statement about our students’ political participation was
skewed; our students took trips to Pierre and Washington D.C. last year and
have attended City Council meetings in the short weeks of this school year— not
just “to satisfy class requirements.”
My class is upset to have been represented in
the way Ms. Colias wrote, and we are embarrassed to have shed a bad light on
our teacher, Mrs. Freidel, and our school. Although I am disheartened by the negligence
shown in Ms. Colias’ writing, I am thankful that my class had the learning
opportunity that this unfortunate encounter with the media supplied.
I agree wholeheartedly with this blog post. It was short, sweet, and got to the point quite nicely. I especially found the emphasis placed on the fact that quotes were used out of context really improved the quality of this post. The additional point of how a few students does not define an entire school is extremely valid and should have been considered in the writing of this article. All in all, this was a great post that gives great criticism of the article.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Abbey when she mentioned that you cannot from a few students words make a generalization of a whole school or all teenagers. I also admired the tone of her statements, in how she held her own opinion and wasn't afraid to say so. Finally I liked how she notes that this was a learning experience for all of us.
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