Re: Signed "Letter of Intent"...The job is a nightmare!:-0

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Just curious...Why won't you come back to CO?

On 7/17/08, think you're smart wrote:
> I don't know anymore because I have been away so long. But Littleton used
> to be a really, really good district. I am glad to hear that they still
> have a good reputation. It would sadden me if I thought the district had
> declined.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if Littleton High School isn't quite as good though
> because even back then it was borderline to a bad part of town. My sister
> and I were protected by being in honor's classes from most of the effects
> of being in class with low performing students. But I imagine that the
> school has more poor and minority students and has gotten rid of the honors
> classes probably since that would be considered tracking in the modern age.
>
> But the rest of the district is probably far enough from the mass of poor
> and minority students and the dysfunctions that accompany them to still be
> pretty good.
>
> But I am just guessing. I had no idea how good the schools were that I
> attended until I started teaching in Southern California and found out that
> best schools in the Southern California are really a joke compared to the
> Littleton schools I attended.

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