Dear Ms. Thompson

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Dear Ms. Thompson,
We were asked to write to an administrator of our choice reflecting on these past four years at Manchester High School West offering compliments and constructive criticism. Compliments are easy, but criticism is easier. I’m not sure if that’s human nature or the nature of the matter, but the truth is, there are more things that need to be fixed and improved at West High than there are smooth-running and successful things. But the blame can hardly be deemed yours, especially since the city elected a new mayor. The citizens are thrilled at a cut in taxes, but the schools are distraught at a $5 million budget reduction per school.
These current events have helped me to further realize with how few resources and how little time the district is working to solve such large problems. I find it hard to complain that opening just one lunch line periods A through C when there are four available and a healthy population of students that have a period B lunch is preposterous when I know that AP science teachers are now expected to teach a lab period every single day of the week with absolutely no new lab supplies. Nor can I complain when my councilor, who knows nothing about me except my name, and my principle, who doesn’t even know that, decide which classes I can drop and which I can’t when teachers next year will be expected to teach classes of 30-35 students and sophomore test scores are actually expected to rise.
All I can really say is:
Don’t give up!
I’m sure few people stop and take the time to appreciate the tremendous amount of work that goes into running a school district and its schools. Consider your efforts appreciated, thank-you for making these past four years what they’ve been, and Good-Bye.
Sincerely,

Myriam Dumas

Provacative and appropriately detatched. I didn't really offer any compliments or constructive criticism, so the assignment was not met. I really like the sentence construction.