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Dear David Warlick,

                 agree with your article “Are We Wasting Children” because schools can’t kill off their own students. I think this dream, or nightmare of yours is just the beginning of schools kicking children out because they cannot support themselves in the school, academically. For example, I am an out of district student attending another high school. If your nightmare comes true, then I might get kicked out of my current high school, and they replace me with a better in-district student. In return, this also puts a lot more pressure on me to do better in school and constantly a burden on my shoulders. I think that my current high schools teachers and advisors do all they can to help us achieve. I think at my current high school we aren’t wasting children because we are given all the tools to succeed and they make it a great environment to be in.

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Dear David,
First off, I love your work. As an assignment in English class we have to write a paragraph on an interesting story you found on the internet and I have used a story of yours every time. Now, I totally agree with how librarians are definitely an essential “teacher” in my high school career. In some of my classes I sit there and think “why am I learning such a pointless task I know I will never use in my profession I want to achieve in”. I know personally I go to the library on all of my off hours and talk to my librarian about difficult tasks I do not understand. She has also given me great advice just like your blog states, focus more on self-guided learning rather than teachers telling you what to do all the time. Even though we have to take classes in high school we hate, learning early of what we want in life is important and I think librarians are a perfect example of people who are there to help you rather than check you out books.