Dear Mr. Jue,
I am saddened to see your resignation from the San Leandro High School newspaper as Managing Editor. Your innovations and pushes for change are laudable, though I fear you were fighting a losing battle. I am honored to be mentioned by you as one who you turned for help and inspiration, and I am also proud and slightly jealous at your connections to professors and advisors of Journalism. You are a true inspiration to me to study the fine art of reporting and make it my own, and I have plenty of fond memories of us, huddled in the office in my backyard, endlessly giggling and composing aural news for the poor, misinformed masses of the High School.
For all of your toils in the hellish medium that is the public High School newspaper, remember that college will have bigger and better things. I encourage you to join me at UC Davis, both for your continued friendship and for more opportunities for us to expand our journalistic enterprises. God knows without your enthusiasm I probably wouldn't have been able to slap together our minimal broadcasts of KNSL, and I am forever grateful for the experience and the memories.
Remember, old friend, we may be living under a presidential monkey for the next 3 years, we may have an actor-idiot for a governor, and you may butt your head against the wall that is the horrendous advisor at the SLSH Cargo, but there is always hope. You can only go up from here. Trust me on this one, you'll be wondering where all these like-minded people at College were when you were in the public schools. Keep that mind up, old boy, I'm cheerin you on!
- James Keith
For all of your toils in the hellish medium that is the public High School newspaper, remember that college will have bigger and better things. I encourage you to join me at UC Davis, both for your continued friendship and for more opportunities for us to expand our journalistic enterprises. God knows without your enthusiasm I probably wouldn't have been able to slap together our minimal broadcasts of KNSL, and I am forever grateful for the experience and the memories.
Remember, old friend, we may be living under a presidential monkey for the next 3 years, we may have an actor-idiot for a governor, and you may butt your head against the wall that is the horrendous advisor at the SLSH Cargo, but there is always hope. You can only go up from here. Trust me on this one, you'll be wondering where all these like-minded people at College were when you were in the public schools. Keep that mind up, old boy, I'm cheerin you on!
- James Keith
1 comment:
Inspector!
I have not yet submitted that to the adviser. And I am hoping not to submit it to her. I'm just posting it online for all to see, for the time when I feel that I have failed at my job, and let everyone down. But that time has not yet come.
I have a duty to do. I will not let my editors down, and I will sure as hell not let the people down.
I sincerely thank you for your continued support and friendship, and I must say that our great KNSL days with William, Theresa, Sam, Desmond, Alfred, John and Jim was the best journalism experience I ever had. I will always remember them with fond memories, old friend. Cheers!
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