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This Fall leaVes few lEaves unturned

10/19/2016

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The past several weeks have supplied no shortage of material that I might consider posting here. As several of my students pointed out last week, as they composed their collaborative letters to Petaluma's residents of 2066, we have much to think and worry about. Bryan Woolley, our inspiration for the task, who wrote his letter in 1979 to the future residents of 2029, felt much the same it seems. The writer of another letter, outgoing President George H. W. Bush (father to the second one), left this for incoming President Bill Clinton in January of 1993. It shows that civil discourse and behavior, and even kindness and decency, can exist between rivals. 
​http://twistedsifter.com/2016/06/george-hw-bush-letter-to-bill-clinton/
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Flynn Loveless
11/2/2016 08:53:34 am

I think it's very interesting to see two important people talking to each other so casually, almost like friends. I wonder if the kindness and good-natured conversation will occur between the current president and either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Probably not if it happens to be Donald Trump. Is this a copy of the letter or the real document?

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Tristin Vanderlind
11/17/2016 11:24:17 am

I think that the politicians in this letter, speak with great intelligence to each other in a way that might seem reassuring to the general audience. The intelligence and class, that is spoken is a reassurance that the president office will stay intact, and that a change is happening. I think that it will be key in the upcoming presidency.

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James D'Ambrogia
12/11/2016 03:20:26 pm

I think this is interesting, for George Bush to show this type of humility and kindness towards his political rival. I hope that with this upcoming presidency the same sense of kindness will be shown and will have a positive effect on the Trump administration.

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