If you have read my blog you already know what a fan I am of Morristown High School.  The Administration the staff the parents and finally the students have all contributed to make a great high school.  Recently I was sitting an open house where I met a perspective home buyer.  While engaging her in conversation and trying to find out what she was looking for in a home  I ask her if she would be interested in homes in Morris Township or Morris Plains.  Her reply to me was that she didn’t like the “ELEMENT” at Morristown and did not want to expose her kids to it. 

WELL EXCUUUUUSE ME.  I proceeded to tell her that my two sons went there and that they have grown to be intelligent, self assured independent young men and Morristown High School had a lot to do with it.  Well need less to say she was not interested in my opinion.  I lost a customer that day oh well her loss not mine.

What I want to discuss today is the type of “Element” there is at Morristown that this woman does not want to expose her children too. Right off the bat I guess she doesn’t want to expose her children to a comprehensive 4 year secondary school that serves an ethically and socially diverse student population of 15oo students. Or god forbid she expose them to an element that offers 19 Advance Placement Courses and 22 Honors Courses not to mention has an extensive programs in the arts, technology, math, medicine and the sciences. Or an element that offers 288 diverse courses of study. She certainly would not want her children exposed to the Science Academy, that funded by Pfizer and gives students the chance to experience studies in the health, medical, science fields. (my youngest son witnessed open heart surgery at Morristown Memorial Hospital). She certainly would not want to expose her children to an “element” that has 94 percent of its graduating seniors going to college or a business/technology school and the balance go to work join the military and less then 1 percent are other. Or an element where 12 percent of it graduating seniors in 2009 where the first generation in their family to attend college. Those kids are really an element any sane person would not want their kids exposed to.
Or maybe it is the element where 72 percent of the 155 educators have an advanced degree, (5 PhDs; 107 MAs). Maybe it is the Element that offers 31 co-curricular activities and 27 varsity sports. Or that Marching Colonial Band Element that has won awards around the state. We all know what that band element can be like. I know what element she did not like it must be the Peer Group Leadership Program that helps incoming freshmen adjust to high school. We all have been warned about the dreaded Peer Group. Or it could be the exposure to the in house television and radio station element that gives student real life experience in broadcasting.

I could go on and on about the “Element” at Morristown but I think you get my message. Ignorance happens when intelligent  people succumb to there own prejudices.
After thinking about it I am glad she does’ not want her kids to be exposed to the element at Morristown.  As far as I am concerned Morristown doesn’t need her or her candy assed kids dragging the Element at Morristown down.

If you want to read more good things about the element at Morristown High School go to http://www.morristownhighschool.org/main_pdfs/profile0910.pdf

Thanks for Reading

Bob Sittmann Morris Plains Homes

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