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Rachel Papale 11 Oak Street Wallingford, Ct 06924 September 1, 2008 President-elect Barak Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

First of all I would like to congratulate you on being elected President of the United States. That must be such a wonderful honor. I trust that you will make the wise decisions on what to do with our country. There is another thing I wanted to mention I think our education could certainly improve. Our education is not something we can take for granted. The children that are learning today are going to be the people of our future. This issue reaches from elementary school all the way to college. Every year, out of nearly 3.5 million high school students in the nation, about 80,000 drop out. College costs have increased to nearly 40 percent in the past five years. Every year the average college graduate leaves with over 19,000 dollars in debt. With all this money to be paid off the money that they may get from their job goes straight to their debts. This doesn’t help them start a good future for themselves if they are still living off their parents. Our world is developing everyday and our students as well as our teachers need to learn to keep up with the changes. The technology is much more advanced and many schools in America do not have classes to teach them about all of the changes. This certainly will affect their future of finding jobs and supporting their family. The people of our future need to know what will benefit everyone. This change needs to happen now because we can’t act like this isn’t important and keep putting it aside. I know that most Americans agree that education is definitely an issue that needs to be changed. I believe you can make that change for America. I would like to thank you for your time to read my letter and hope that you respond, but being the president is continuous work and I understand if you do not respond. Thank you and congratulations at being elected president, I trust you completely. Sincerely,

Rachel Papale