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Letters to the Editor

Editorial speaks truth about smokers at Georgia Highlands College

Dear Editor,

I read the article, "Attention smokers: show a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T please!," and I commend the writer for taking a stand for the non-smokers at Georgia Highlands College. It is awful to have to walk through cigarette smoke every time I leave a building. After being inside for a long time I look forward to going out into the fresh air, but before you can get to the fresh air, you have to breathe the second hand smoke. I hope the smokers at Georgia Highlands College will take the hint and smoke a little farther away from the doors. I respect the fact that some people choose to smoke. Therefore, I would really appreciate smokers respecting the air that non-smokers have to breathe.

Emily Durrett
Silver Creek
General Studies

Testing not needed

Dear Editor,

I strongly disagree with students having to take the COMPASS test. I had to take it because I did not score well on my SAT. Now I am stuck taking a class just because I did not do well on the COMPASS test either. However, in high school, I did well in math. I do not take tests well, and many other students have the same problem, so I believe that the college should consider the student's past grades instead of one test. Because of the COMPASS test many students, including myself, are placed in the learning support classes and some do not need these classes. This is not a fair way of deciding which classes' students should take.

Jenna Shelley
Cedartown
Business Adm.

Good for nursing

Dear Editor,

The article "Georgia's new Health Professional Initiative allows Georgia Highlands College to have larger Nursing class" is great. I am planning on being a nurse and getting my degree here at Georgia Highlands College. Nurses are needed so badly that the state of Georgia will do just about anything to get more. With the classes expanding in the nursing program more students may consider nursing as a career.

Jennifer Thomas
Haralson County
Nursing