Political Activism "Dean's Homework"

[KelliV]

Here is my suggestion...
E-mail letters instead of writing them!
When I went to DC this year we got to see all the letters that are sent to my representatives. They were all gross and mangeled becuase of all the sterilizing that needs to be done. My representative said it is best to e-mail him (as well as all of the other representatives) becuase it is easy to read and not all mangeled and cut.
They also reply quicker to e-mail than to handwritten letters.
I got an answer from Senator Obama that I sent for Student Government in around a week or so for my e-mail compared to my three weeks for the letter.

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Originally Posted by KelliV

Here is my suggestion...
E-mail letters instead of writing them!

http://senate.gov/general/contact_in...nators_cfm.cfm

This site is a great place to contact senators.

[SteveO]

Here is some interesting information everyone may want to check out and/or forward to your elected officials. In case you didn't know already how extreme the situation was, the most recent PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) data reveals the United States earned BELOW average scores for developed countries in the areas of Mathematics and Problem Solving. The accuracy of the test and the reasons for the low marks by US students can be argued (as they were in one of my classes), but the US does not lie in the top 5, 10, or even 20 of developed countries. These are high school students taking these tests.

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterl..._2.asp#Table_B

The data is from 2003, but this is the most recently posted data from the PISA organization. The article was published December 4th. It's shocking to see how far behind the US is.