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I have no business posting anything that sounds even close to pathos given my circumstances: I am a caucasian, middle-class male working on his second degree in America, which is the closest thing the Planet Earth has to Candyland.
I have never had to stare racism in the face, nor have I been noticeably discrimminated against, and I have never starved. I have, for the most part, had Following Winds and Fair Seas. There's a girl that loves me and there's a family that supports me.
One of the first people to usher me into the world of journalism, Casey Kane, has just died of pneumonia after several bouts with cancer, considerably before her 30th birthday. When I was a freshman at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, back in 1997, it was Casey who was a mainstay on the Massachusetts Daily Collegian Sports staff, and it was Casey who, two years later as a junior, I replaced as the Editor-in-Chief of that newspaper.
Casey went on to cover famed college football coach Lou Holtz in South Carolina before being diagnosed with cancer the first time. She always did what she wanted and was at the front of the pack.
Casey puts into perspective the construction on the corner that adds five minutes to my commute to work and the neverending workload that seems to sit atop my desk, as well as the insurmountable debt that seems to have accrued in my life.
I do, after all, have the luxury to fight those battles and to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have the luxury of looking beyond next week and next month, and I have the luxury of hoping things get better for me as I try to get a better job and have a wife and kids.
Casey beat cancer again and again, and I never for a second thought that she would not have those things herself.
I will, someday, and I owe it to people who don't have that chance to stop complaining about things like traffic jams. I will still be here when the jackhammers stop and the sign-holder spins from 'Stop' to 'Slow'. I have been blessed with the opportunity to listen to the radio in my truck five minutes longer before going to work.
Today before work, I emailed Barbara Greenstone and Kelly Arsenault, who are amongst the people in Maine who spearheaded the technology initiative that involved the supplying of all Maine middle-schoolers laptops.
This is what I wrote:
Hello, my name is Seth and I'm working on my Masters of Science in Strategic Technology Management at the Persons School of Marlboro College in Vermont.
My Capstone Project for this school involves doing comprehensive research on what exists as a gap between the educational community and computer technology, as well as research on what educators and administrators see as the potential benefits of computer technology and the internet.
As a lifelong Maine resident, I'm superficially familiar with the laptop program and have friends and relatives who are middle school teachers in this state (and through them is how I gained your contact information), and I was wondering if I might ask for your assistance.
First, I was wondering if there stood any documented research on (or related to) the above topics that I might peruse that you're aware of.
Second, in the coming months, might I be able to pick either or both of your brains for information/experience related to these topics?
And I guess finally, I'm also seeing if you're aware of any other people that may be willing and knowledgeable resources on the subject.
Thanks for both of your times, and I appreciate any help you may be able to offer me in this project.
SBK
I have never had to stare racism in the face, nor have I been noticeably discrimminated against, and I have never starved. I have, for the most part, had Following Winds and Fair Seas. There's a girl that loves me and there's a family that supports me.
One of the first people to usher me into the world of journalism, Casey Kane, has just died of pneumonia after several bouts with cancer, considerably before her 30th birthday. When I was a freshman at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, back in 1997, it was Casey who was a mainstay on the Massachusetts Daily Collegian Sports staff, and it was Casey who, two years later as a junior, I replaced as the Editor-in-Chief of that newspaper.
Casey went on to cover famed college football coach Lou Holtz in South Carolina before being diagnosed with cancer the first time. She always did what she wanted and was at the front of the pack.
Casey puts into perspective the construction on the corner that adds five minutes to my commute to work and the neverending workload that seems to sit atop my desk, as well as the insurmountable debt that seems to have accrued in my life.
I do, after all, have the luxury to fight those battles and to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have the luxury of looking beyond next week and next month, and I have the luxury of hoping things get better for me as I try to get a better job and have a wife and kids.
Casey beat cancer again and again, and I never for a second thought that she would not have those things herself.
I will, someday, and I owe it to people who don't have that chance to stop complaining about things like traffic jams. I will still be here when the jackhammers stop and the sign-holder spins from 'Stop' to 'Slow'. I have been blessed with the opportunity to listen to the radio in my truck five minutes longer before going to work.
Today before work, I emailed Barbara Greenstone and Kelly Arsenault, who are amongst the people in Maine who spearheaded the technology initiative that involved the supplying of all Maine middle-schoolers laptops.
This is what I wrote:
Hello, my name is Seth and I'm working on my Masters of Science in Strategic Technology Management at the Persons School of Marlboro College in Vermont.
My Capstone Project for this school involves doing comprehensive research on what exists as a gap between the educational community and computer technology, as well as research on what educators and administrators see as the potential benefits of computer technology and the internet.
As a lifelong Maine resident, I'm superficially familiar with the laptop program and have friends and relatives who are middle school teachers in this state (and through them is how I gained your contact information), and I was wondering if I might ask for your assistance.
First, I was wondering if there stood any documented research on (or related to) the above topics that I might peruse that you're aware of.
Second, in the coming months, might I be able to pick either or both of your brains for information/experience related to these topics?
And I guess finally, I'm also seeing if you're aware of any other people that may be willing and knowledgeable resources on the subject.
Thanks for both of your times, and I appreciate any help you may be able to offer me in this project.
SBK
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