FPH 02.14 p.5
LEDITOR: FEEL SERIOUSLY TO TAKE US FREE
Recently, I had the honor of being invited to speak at the high school, Lee High School, I (barely ) graduated from. It was an honor not because this is a prestigious school but rather because I was a scoundrel that came from a very troubled school. In
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the mid 90's, Lee was a cesspool of violence, high drop out rates, criminal behavior, and drugs. That was the fun part for some of us. So I made my way there last week to come to find Lee has made some serious strides. Despite still being an under-funded school populated by demographics the State seems to care little for ( brown
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people ), I met a ton of teachers
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students who cared about learning.
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who cared about their students and That is more than I can say for my hey-day. And best of all, they took down the massive portrait of Robert E. Lee from the auditorium which was an insult to the 90+ percent brown students at the school. When my speaking engagement was done, I ate a chicken basket and smoked some schwag under the bleachers. Kudos to all of you and thanks for the invite.