Here is a copy of the letter Emmy created to email to Governor Perdue.
Hello Sonny Perdue
I’m Emmy. You may not remember me but I had a picture taken with you at the Georgia State Legislator Leader Appreciation Night. You said I could interview you but over e-mail. So here I am e-mailing you. I want you to choose the question or questions you want to answer.
1. How do you use technology in your job as a legislator?
2. What is your favorite part of your job? Your least favorite?
3. Do you have a blog? We see it as a good way to communicate with people and learn. We share ideas and help each other with the comments.
4. Do you think a blog would be helpful in your job? Do you think it would help you communicate with the public and media?
5. Is recess in schools good or bad? Why don’t we have it anymore? Do you support funding for recess equipment? We have very little equipment.
6. What is the best way you have found to let people know what you are doing?
7. What are two issues that are of special interest to you concerning our schools? How can we help?
8. What are your most important responsibilities as a legislator?
9. Would you blog in your free time?
10. What is your view on poverty and equal educational opportunities for disadvantaged students? Do you support special programs for less fortunate students?
11. Would you support incorporating blogs into schools?
12. How do you feel about keeping music, art, and PE in schools? What should students do to make sure music, art, and PE are kept in schools?
13. Do you support funds for improving technology equipment and staff in schools?
14. Will you comment to our blogs?
15. Do you support redistricting schools so that our student body is diverse?
16. Should fun activities be kept in schools (examples, Halloween parades, assemblies, parties, etc)
17. How can we keep the internet safe at school?
18. We have to drink milk with our school lunch, but we would like to have the option to drink water instead without an additional charge. Would you support this change in menu?
19. Free summer reading programs could be very beneficial to students. How should we fund and implement programs?
20. Students often times aren’t listened to by teachers and administrators. Do you value our opinions and concerns? How should we express ourselves in a meaningful manner that will be listened to by others?If you could just answer one or a few questions that would be great but if you answered all of them that would be wonderful but that would take a while. So just a few of them would be nice. Since we’re doing this at school I don’t have an e-mail here so could you send your reply by e-mail to my bloging teacher “Mrs.C”. She is the lady who took a picture of you and me. Here is her address: xxxxxxxxxx I will share your answers with all of my fifth grade class.
Thank you for all you do for Georgia and for letting me interview you. This has been a great honor and I thank you for the interview.
Emmy
P.S. I would like to invite you to my honor chorus performance at XXXXX High School Feb. 3 2:10 we have been practicing on this for a long time so please try and come this might be our honor chorus break through it’s only for fifth graders that’s why it’s called honor chorus.
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Isn't this exciting? We all will eagerly await his answer. Great work Emmy!
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