Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

SAC chairperson
declares student
seminar a success
Dor Editor.
Oo April 27, a tunny SatunUy
moralnj. approiiraately 75 Ugh
Khool students fllfcd up iu row, or
the Lincoln Hl|b School auditorium.
They came from i!l over the city —
evcry»:,erc from Minion Hijh to
Phillip Burton Hifh. They were of
"try ncc ml color.
What broujht aU d » people
lofaher? The Sttdcnt Advisory
Council (SAC) presented «n "Issues
Facini Hijh School" conference,
open to uuduu, faculty, and -j.
miniittalon from every public hiih
•ehool in San Francbcu. One mifh:
claim that 75 ii not a treat showing
lor • eitywide fathering. One »ho attended
the conference might insist
Uiat very few high xbool problems
»tre actually solved. Yet. in my opinion,
the event u>as a smashing
success.
Why? First of all. no one left
hungry. Each person received a fret
KU lunch, courtesy of Kentucky
Fried Chicken.
Secondly, students had the opportunity
to voice their opinions on
topict ranging from dntp to fundnising.
They iharcd problems and ideas,
some practical, some outlanush. based
upon their personal experiences cho»l>.
Most importantly, these students
had the opportunity to talk with
sluJcnts from many other high
"tools. Thej- turned that goes on
elie»hcre in the San Francisco
Unified School [•.'strkt. How many
people knew that most of Lincoln's
student body officers resigned in
March? Or that Balboa has only aKci •
noon dances?
Junior Aviv Laurence, who will
won be Lowclli StKjcnt Body Prai.
dent, noted that diirusiion of i .mo
often centered around Louell's problems
and solutions. Student, sat in
amucment as they liiteoed to
Lowtlliies eipUin the differences
between the SAB and the BSCS. We.
at Lowell sridcnts, tauld be prouj
of our school and our uudral
To be honey, I vurxctcd thai
despite ill the intcroting conversation
OuoccurrHm the morainyicv
»ton of the conference, everyone
weuIJ tit with their own whoo! during
lunch. But that ^ 'anportancc
of thu film t+ •lU* it deptcu
the dtvnembcrmcnt and death of a
human life. Whether or not pain u
fell u no eu uc for a death. If an
uncunsciu'jh porioa i» killed
(therefore feeling no pain), the person
b not any leu dez-i ,ior the
killrr cjiy lew guilty.
Finally, u fimihet by vaying.
"Let wscry child be a waotc-i
child." "Being wutfed" b a term
which implies "having value." The
tmplica'ron being nude n (hat 11.
t'.sclf the life is of no value, it awnts
Kirr wanted until it i\ of hunun
wunh! Bc\k:;». taking tlie life of an
"unMuntcd" is ccruinly an e*irenw*
rrr>m*c. The s-trr rationale
ju-'iluiu'v shocked the world
when mi:>iofli if unwanted lite*
were taker under > filler'* dircctma.
The mcawre of o» r hurnuiry i* I>H
that we won't h/vc unwanted onc\
smong us but 'jlbcr thx we iind a
ropectcc puce in w.r »octct> for
them. The amucr lie* \n education,
no: ,-,\lcrminjik*(i- What doe- it
rnadtr whether **»e » wanted* Her
very evidence is iZaim enough.
Th:rc« Madden