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If Cameron actually wrote this LTE, PRAISE to Northern Guilford Middle School Department of English Language .

What's a shame is that instruction in conflict resolution should be relegated to the schools. There was a time children learned this from their parents at home.

"If Cameron actually wrote this LTE..."

How many 7th graders are pondering the "root of conflict" and "viewing conflict from the victim's perspective"?

Nice letter Mr. and/or Ms. McClellan.

... maybe the formative years for young Cameron were in a Charter School .. you know, the voucher type with no jerks allowed.

Hello. I'm Cameron McClellan, the 7th grader who wrote the letter, and Thank You for the positive and encouraging comments!

Praise God! Now that Grier is headed to San Diego, GCS may stand a chance of surviving.

Great letter, Cameron.
Please don't let the attitudes of a few adults squash your enthusiasm and your idealism. When my children were your age, they could no doubt write the type letter you did and often did. Not for the paper, but for school work extra credit, or essay contests to win prizes. I commend you for your concern and understanding. Keep trying to understand the more complex problems we face, as you will no doubt be called upon to repair or eliminate them.

Must have skipped a generation, eh?

7th grade Extra Credit:

"Maple Leaf: The Day we Renounced our U.S. Citizenship"

by Demon Deacon Jr.

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Nit-racist,
How can you show your face on this blog after your racist rants against black people?

Your ignorance about Obama was farcical, since you basically touted a discredited urban legend like it was gospel.

Your ignorance is ONLY exceeded by your inability to feel shame for your racism.

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"Nit-racist,
How can you show your face on this blog after your racist rants against black people?"

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THE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE said:
If you disagree with him (Tonymo), he just calls you a "liberal" and begins his rant against the Democratic Party.
Posted on January 21, 2008 11:29 AM

Pot meet kettle.

Nit-racist?

Is that the best you could do? If I couldn't come up with something better than that, I wouldn't even bother.

Pitlicker was good.

Nose-picker was okay.

Nitzi was pretty clever.

Even nitger would be better than nit-racist.

"How can you show your face on this blog"

How do you show your face in this country after sewing that patch to your bookbag and pretending to be Canadian?

Urban legend?

From all accounts (including Obama's), Obama's father was a Muslim and his step-father was a Muslim.

He spent part of his youth growing up in a Muslim country going to a Muslim school ( the Basuki School to be precise).

His middle name is Hussein.

That's enough for me to not even come close to pushing a button with his name on it for President of this country.

What information about Hussein do we know BESIDES what he wrote in his books? Not much. That, in itself, is interesting. Mysterious and cloudy with Muslim heritage may be cool in some segments, but not for THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

Really, it doesn't matter who wrote the letter; the or a response is truly diffucult because there are many difficult factors involved.

Conflict resolution should be taught at home, at school, at church and at any reponsible setting.

One of the problems that is somewhat outside the scope of the letter and yet addressed in the letter is that some differences can't "just be talked about". If I'm a fat cat living on the upper side of the street, I might not care or be able to empathize with the many harsh realities or faces of life that conflict might try to express. If I'm on the other "thin side" and not only don't feel hope or expect access to the other way of life and also if I continually feel put down and excluded, It's an easy conclusion to make: "We are not the same and we are unequal and I'm really upset"

That's where it's difficult to push difference and different neighborhoods out of the picture. Would you want to trade places "if you were the fat cat?"

On a clean playing field, yes, everyone ought to teach and live by the spirit of conflict resolution.
On an uneven, not clean playing field, then yes, let's talk, but we also have to actively engage in change of the "not getting along" won't change.

Really, it doesn't matter who wrote the letter; the or a response is truly diffucult because there are many difficult factors involved.

Conflict resolution should be taught at home, at school, at church and at any reponsible setting.

One of the problems that is somewhat outside the scope of the letter and yet addressed in the letter is that some differences can't "just be talked about". If I'm a fat cat living on the upper side of the street, I might not care or be able to empathize with the many harsh realities or faces of life that conflict might try to express. If I'm on the other "thin side" and not only don't feel hope or expect access to the other way of life and also if I continually feel put down and excluded, It's an easy conclusion to make: "We are not the same and we are unequal and I'm really upset"

That's where it's difficult to push difference and different neighborhoods out of the picture. Would you want to trade places "if you were the fat cat?"

On a clean playing field, yes, everyone ought to teach and live by the spirit of conflict resolution.
On an uneven, not clean playing field, then yes, let's talk, but we also have to actively engage in change OR the "not getting along" won't change.

We should all just settle our differences like the Manning brothers--oreo licking contests.