February 13, 2009

Dear Editor,

In light of this past week’s multiple shortened school days, I would like to comment on the unequal amount of time allotted to each class. I have found the current schedule to be inadequate in terms of instruction time. While some classes get the full amount of time each shortened day, other classes do not, and consequently fall behind. This has been detrimental to the scheduling of tests and projects, and in keeping all periods of a given course on the same track. For example, due to the need to stay on an accelerated track in AP courses, test dates are not easily changed and therefore the classes that meet later in the day had more time to learn and prepare for the exams at the end of this week.

Kaitlyn Kiely
Junior

Dear Editor,

The recent article by Seth Zweifler (Coming out in the classroom, Dec. 2008) was very eye-opening, and the follow up on LGBT education in high-school was well informed. However, the education cannot come while our government stands in the way. It is distressing to learn that our very own country would not sign the “United Nations declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity”. This resolution was an effort not to make gay marriage legal, but to decriminalize homosexuality. Our government has signed on with the 77 countries where homosexuality is a crime (and in seven of those it is punishable by death) to attempt to stop the passing of this resolution. While our President Elect has stated explicitly that he is opposed to gay marriage, one would hope that he keeps homosexuality legal.

Andy Bazany
Sophomore

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