I read about the recent debacle at Spruce High School. This story has been played out a million times.

• Students go to a school that generally fails.
• Parents and concerned students show up to support it.
• The school board or the state take whatever action they deem necessary anyhow.
• Parents and concerned students protest
• The school board or the state take whatever action they deem necessary anyhow.

Rinse and repeat.

Its time for the concerned students of Spruce High School (and their parents) to do the impossible.

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The Students who tried to save Spruce High School will be successful no matter where they go.
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Its time for you to start thinking about things larger than yourselves. The students who asked the school board to leave their school intact are no doubt great students. Their impassioned pleas are proof of how smart they are and how much they care.

Guess what? They are going to be successful in life regardless of where they go to school.

The problem is, your being selfish. Your not thinking about the students who aren't making the grade. They need a better than what they are getting. They aren't as bright as you.

The fact is, the school needed to be dismantled. Young people usually don't like change and I understand that however, let this be a lesson that change is a way of life. You just got introduced to it a little sooner than you'd like.

Stop thinking about how your lives got disrupted and think about the students who are less fortunate and not as bright as you are. They deserve a chance too.