Word: grades
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remember correctly, my vote did not carry all that much weight in the outcome. My school was fairly progressive, and Reagan lost by a mile. But my eighth grade mind was still idealistic--I liked knowing that my vote was part of the final tally, and that...
...talking to students here, it seems that some people (reluctantly) voted absentee, that some people (reluctantly) registered in Massachusetts and that some people (reluctantly) aren't voting at all. I haven't run into all that many passionate people, certainly not anywhere near as passionate as my eighth grade class was about out mock polling setup...
...watch the outcomes--we should be part of the outcomes. So savor today, and look forward to many years of actual lever-pulling in the future. The country is ours to mold and change. And sure, perhaps I haven't gotten any less idealistic than in my eighth grade election, but at least now I'm voting for the right party...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "From the first grade on, what I heard at school and at home was honesty, integrity, hard work, self-reliance--that's what it's all about...
...considered a contender in this race. But that hasn't prevented Cole from issuing position papers on everything from the budget to health care: he is "pro-children," advocates a federal school-lunch program, says that every public school student must be able to read by third grade and believes that Medicare and Medicaid can be streamlined...