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> From: Finnegan Biden <FBiden17@sidwell.edu>
> Date: July 29, 2014 at 1:08:55 PM PDT
> To: Kathleen Biden <kathleenbiden@mac.com>
> Subject: Re: Course change
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> My advisor is mr. Speece. History is my favorite subject and I was really looking forward to it. I would much rather study something I'm enthusiastic about. Sidwell purposefully doesn't give me my first choice. Skylar got her second choice, which was my first choice. This is like when I had my concussion and had to take all my exams but another girl who had a concussion during exams only had to take a couple. I feel like they specifically target me because they don't want people to think I get special treatment.
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> On Jul 29, 2014, at 1:02 PM, "Kathleen Biden" <kathleenbiden@mac.com> wrote:
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>> Who's your advisor? Sidwell high school doesn't like hearing from parents. My gut is that if Ms Kim already responded no they aren't going to go back on her decision.
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>> How about your other classes?
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>> On 29 Jul 2014, at 02:57 pm, Finnegan Biden <FBiden17@sidwell.edu> wrote:
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>>> Mom it's not only that it wasn't my first choice it was my last choice which does seem incredibly unfair. I understand that you can't change everyone's course but they should be able to change mine, because it was my last choice! It's so unfair I am completely uninterested in it and it's the hardest history course there is. Can you pleeeeease do something about it, it seems like they purposefully treat me unfairly sometimes.
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>>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 12:54 PM, "Kathleen Biden" <kathleenbiden@mac.com> wrote:
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>>>> Bummer. You tried. Why is this class so bad? Who teaches it? Don't let it get you down.
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>>>> How's camp??? Send me pic. Ily!
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>>>> On 29 Jul 2014, at 02:50 pm, Finnegan Biden <FBiden17@sidwell.edu> wrote:
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>>>>>> From: Min Kim <kimm@sidwell.edu>
>>>>>> Date: July 29, 2014 at 11:11:50 AM PDT
>>>>>> To: Finnegan Biden <FBiden17@sidwell.edu>
>>>>>> Subject: RE: Course change
>>>>>> Dear Finnegan,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I realize it is very disappointing to many students who did not get their first or second choice for 10th grade history. While on the surface, an easy exchange of History classes seems simple, doing so has the potential to create further unhappiness among students who did not get their history choices. We are not able to change history classes for all the students who would like to make a change in their history classes. Changing 10th grade history classes for some and not others will be perceived as unfair.
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>>>>>> I am very sorry, Finnegan, that you not get your first choice, but I am very confident that you will enjoy the class and get a lot out of the experience. I hope you understand.
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>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ms. Kim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Finnegan Biden
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 5:07 PM
>>>>>> To: Min Kim
>>>>>> Subject: Course change
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Ms. Kim,
>>>>>> Sorry to bother you, but I was really hoping to switch from Eastern Asian history to any other 10th grade history course option. I believe my order was 1. Middle East 2. Africa 3. Latin America 4. East Asia. I think I accidentally placed both Latin America and East Asia as my #3 option on the computer form and only revised that mistake on my hard copy, which is with Ms. Schneck. My parents are faxing in the change course request, but I wanted to let you know about my mistake and hope you understand! I hope you're having a great summer!
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> Finnegan Bide