> Well, we were actually fairly flexible in our
> subjects. The basic criteria were that we had to
> write concerning the effects of our predesignated
> toxin on the the San Francisco Bay, and the letter
> had to basically address this issue in a relevant
> manner. For example, my group wrote to the San
> Francisco Board of Directors about a bit of
> legislation that they had passed, and we
> encouraged them to enact a certain part of it that
> was being ignored. I don't really understand the
> assignment at all. I'll check to see if the other
> class did the letter. I'm curious because the
> other class has a teacher who isn't a hippie.

<rant>

Ugh. I just can't seem to understand the purpose of the assignment, in the context of the class; it seems to have very little relevancy to what's actually being *taught* there. I mean, yes, it's chemistry-related-- but political activism would be better suited for a government or debate class, I'd say, than a science class.

I could rant on and on about seemingly irrelevant classroom assignments, but I'll save that for later (i.e., when I'm more awake). But suffice it to say, I can't stand art projects, especially when they're in classes such as--say--Language Arts. How hard is it for the teachers to understand that some of us just aren't artistic?! I mean, creative writing makes sense in the context of language arts, but...

</rant> Ah, that feels better.

-- codeman"ah, the 'joy' of high school"38

PS -- I did the angle brackets by typing &#60; and &#62; respectively. Thought you'd like to know...