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LETTER TO MR.FIGUEROA

Imagine waking into a room of scary, terrifying ghouls. feeling like you have no power, that you are weak and useless here, where the ghouls rule everything. Now imagine you are a student and that you came to middle schhol for the first time. You see the seventh and eigth graders towering above you. You walk into a classroom and you have no idea if a teacher is going to be mean or nice. Students wouldn't feel this way if they get to pick ther own teachers.In fact, that's the way I think it should be. See, I got the feeling when I came to middle school for he first time. That happens mainly because of the radical changes. I was mainly nervous because of the fact that we had to go to 7 different classes. This will be solved if students were to get a chance to pick their own teachers. In fact I’m pretty sure I will never get that feeling until high school. The thing that I do know is that all of the students of Herbert Hoover middle school would feel more comfortable if they got to pick their own teachers. //__WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE?__// Why will this happen? Simply for the fact that students will feel more comfortable when they get the chance to pick their own teachers they are more prepared to work in school. I had two teachers in the fifth grade that were very different. They were very different. They were both gym teachers. One was tough and made us do 200 pushups sometimes! The other one was nice and let us play games that involved exercise. I know for a fact that everyone liked the one that was nice. students are always more comfortable with people they know. If they pick teachers tey know, they will listen to the teachers more attentively. This is because they are more comfortable with the teachers, and because they are happier with them. They may not like some because they single out students alot. This mortifies students feelings and kills their self-esteem. Teachers that are nice don't single out students as often and kids like them more. students study much better when they get teachers they like.
 * students will be able to walk into a classroom comfortably
 * students will pay attention in class
 * students will do better in school

A CHOICE TO HELP STUDENTS Say if students got to pick their own teachers. What will it cause? Simply, the fact that students will get more self esteem. If they get the power to pick their own teachers they will know they have some power and they will feel proud about it. Some of the students get bullied a lot, and they think that they are useless. If they got to even a small thing like this, they might not think of themselves useless anymore. Who knows, maybe their self esteem will rise like a rocket. This will help them stand up to bullies and that problem will not have o be dealt with anymore. Bullying will stop completely. Imagine that. Herbert Hoover: The bully free school. That will be an amazing opportunity for all school districts. All because of a small change.

//__AN IMPORTANT DECISION__// WOULDN’T you want…? There is only one way to do this and that is to let students pick their own teachers. I cannot guarantee that all students will be as smart as others, but I know that most of them will. Let’s hope so.
 * to have the smartest students in the district of Edison?
 * to show Thomas Jefferson that we are the smartest of them all?
 * To have the most successful students in Edison?

AFFECTED PEOPLE Students obviously, will be affected because they will have new teachers. And the students aren't the only ones with something new, the teachers will also get new students. the teachers will have to get used to the students because they might not know them. Students will also have to make new notebooks, unless this happens at the begining of the school year. More or less though, it will be worth it and students will be happy with this choice.

Sincerely, Srijan

__QUESTIONS!:__ Was my begining interesting and catchy? Did I persuade enough to agree with me? Is my paragraph long and descriptive? was my call to action good?