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On Sep 4, 2009, at 8:36 PM, Phil Kassen wrote:
> Pat, thank you for passing on this message. I only wish that we
> were in
> session next Tuesday so that we would be able to watch the President's
> address with our students. I don't know if we would have required
> all to
> watch the event, but we may well have done so. As stated, this sort
> of
> event allows students to formulate opinions, to discuss their various
> positions and to engage in debate--an essential skill to develop. I
> think
> that I would have been inclined to require our students to watch the
> speech precisely because it will address an experience so different
> from
> their own. It is important for students in independent schools to
> understand just how rare their educational life is.
>
> Best for a good year, to all,
>
> Phil
>
> Philip Kassen
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