Writing in a Style

You arrive at school and find that there is a big mess in the sofa area. Someone has left garbage from take out food, some clothing, textbooks, half-empty cups, and various papers scattered all over the area. Right away emails start to fly around in the discussion of the mess. For this journal, create three short email messages that might be sent by different people at school to discuss the mess. You can choose any three people from school that you want: teacher, student, parent, staff, or administrator. Write the “email” in a style that reveals the personal qualities of the person sending it. Try to imitate their speech patterns, tone, and diction.

Sub: Mess in the Sofa Area

PAS students:

This morning I arrived at the school to see a lobby in a complete mess. The amount of filth and trash in the room is totally unacceptable, and I will expect that those who were involved in creating the mess, or those who know who was involved in the event will step forward and admit their knowledge or fault. Those who are involved will be punished severely. In PAS, we do not commit such indecent acts that lack dignity and moral standards. To ensure that this problem will not happen again, I repeat: there will be no food and drink anywhere on the school except for the cafeteria. Anyone who is caught doing so will be subject to detention. No one will be allowed to stay after 3:30 unless they have special permission from the office. If you cannot take care of the campus, then you should not be allowed to lounge around whenever you feel like it. You all should know better than to make a mess out of ourselves, and neither should you have the time to spend doing nothing and making messes in the hallways. There will be a punishment until the people responsible are held accountable.

Sub: lobby looks like sht

dude did you hear about the lobby? terhe's like trash everywhere, totally looks messed up man. pamela's gonna be pissed.

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Re: lobby looks like sht

you serious? how bad is it and who did it, do you know? 500 says that Pamela's gonna hold another assembly in the morning...

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Re: re: lobby looks like sht

pretty bad. There was like garbage everywhere, like the bien dang boxes and the drink bottles n stuff. Papers everywhere, and even saw some jen joos on the ground along with some tea. The magazine stack is overturned too. and it's not one part of the lobby, its the entire thing. no idea man, i asked smeone and he said liek some of the juniors and some seniors did it.  LOL YEAH... that's bs dude well we weren't involved in it nyways so she cant blame us...

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Re: re: re: lobby looks like sht

Yeah but you know how well she takes this kind of stuff. Everyone's responsible. Goddamn it. So wtv happens later is their fault.

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Re: re: re: re: lobby looks like sht

yeah man. there's gonna be a show 2mrw.

Sub: Keeping Clean in PAS

Dear PAS High School:

It is essential to keep a school clean and tidy in order to promote efficiency and keep a good profile. So far in PAS we have not had such an incident taking place. I need to remind you that PAS is a decent school, and I entered this school believing that this is true. Remember that we at PAS present ourselves as a school that is clean and has dignity. We set ourselves apart from other schools and aim to be the best. This morning, we entered the school campus to see a completely untidy sofa area. We do not do this at PAS. Now Ms. Pamela has set a few rules in order to promote an orderly learning environment that can be kept clean. Let me stress to you that these rules will be enforced and that I will be doing my best to guide you in creating a clean and orderly environment.