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From Asbury Park Press via Mac Daily News.

DOVER TOWNSHIP — Despite impassioned pleas from her supporters, the Ocean County College board of trustees voted unanimously Monday not to reappoint Karen L. Bosley as faculty adviser to the student newspaper, a post she has held for 35 years.

The reason given to the teacher for her dismissal was that the paper contained too many mistakes and that the students weren’t being taught real world skills due to her using Apple Macintosh computers. It’s a scary thought to think that if you don’t use, the implied, Windows PC, you could lose your teaching job. God forbid she use Linux. Obviously there are rumors that her dismissal was for other reasons, like she didn’t view the president of the college in good light and the editorials reflected this. Regardless, I decided to write the president an email expressing my dissatisfaction.

Subject: Apple Macintosh Use Not The Basis For Dismissal
To: jlarson@ocean.edu

Dear President Larson,

I was disappointed to hear that the board of Ocean County College voted to not reappoint faculty adviser Karen L. Bosley. The decision was based on her classroom usage of Apple Macintosh computers for the purpose of teaching newspaper journalism and production. As a former reporter on my high school newspaper, I can tell you that “Macs” are used ubiquitously in the newsroom for writing and production. This is not just one reporter’s observation either, many others will tell you the same thing. Macs, just as well as PCs running Microsoft Windows will teach you the real-world techniques of making a newspaper.

Sincerely,

Adam Kramer
Ann Arbor, Michigan

I’m such a good citizen.

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