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Pride in the successes, achievements and accomplishments of one’s child is just another emotion and state of being that abusive parents are deprived of.  The children of these parents are then deprived of having parents who truly appreciate them for the wonderful people that they are.

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March 10, 2010

Bisbee High School:

Greetings from the proud mother of Jay, a 2004 graduate of Bisbee High School (he completed his required courses December 2003) who this month completed his six years of service to the U.S. Air Force as an in-flight refueler – Boom Operator.  He served our country with many deployments to Iraq during this time.

Although Jay did not study music at Bisbee High School, our family is donating this guitar, stand, small amp, guitar tuner and several books to the school’s music department as our way of saying thank you to Bisbee High School for the excellent education he received that is providing the platform for his accomplishments.  Jay plans to move to Seattle to complete a fine arts BA degree in Industrial Design at the University of Washington.  He completed an AA degree in the Air Force.

Given that recent studies show that 75% of our nation’s 17 to 24-year-olds are now unfit for military duty due to lack of adequate education, criminal record and/or mental and physical unfitness, we wish to at least express our great appreciation for the fantastic job Bisbee is doing in educating youth.  At this point fully 1.8 million of our nation’s teenagers are not completing school and are not working.  I personally believe that there is little better for young people than a background in the study of music.  Our hope is that our small contribution will be of assistance to your music department – and perhaps to a student with financial obstacles that might prevent them from purchasing an instrument.

Please address any appreciation for the contribution to Jay.  I would most hope that some of the teachers and staff that knew him while he attended Bisbee High School might include a small note of compliment and encouragement for his future education with recognition of his excellent contribution to our national defense.  As Jay’s mother, I just want to say “Thank You” to everyone at your school who helped my son through his high school years!

Most sincerely,

Jay’s Proud Mother

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