Howard Lee
Howard Lee
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You might be saying, 'I love you' to your girlfriend in Cantonese, but it will still sound like you're fighting. It's just our tone. We always sound like we're in a shouting match. Mandarin is so mellow. Cantonese is strong and edgy.
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I'm hopeful today that we will have a superintendent.
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For a small carrier, the thing that might be good with rate regulation is that it prevents larger carriers from undercutting and provides us a way to remain competitive in the marketplace. A lot of carriers don't like it because it's an inconvenience and costly, but if you look at it from a consumer's standpoint we have to be able to justify our rates to our consumers and that's the bottom line.
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The Legislature will not waste taxpayers' money and come back to town to do something this board has already done.
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I am surprised at the number of kids who are leaving the school. That did surprise me. We don't know if we can ever resolve that particular problem.
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Today's report shows we still have a lot of work ahead of us.
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We do students a disservice to send the message that it is acceptable to drop out of school when they are 16 years old. A high school diploma is a minimum requirement for future success, and we will continue to press for changing the compulsory school attendance age.
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We must find creative ways to re-energize students and get them to be prolific readers.