Los ntawm Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune
Cov nkauj hu nkauj zoo nkauj thiab cov tub rog tau muab lawv qhov zoo tshaj plaws "sab laug, sab xis, sab laug" thaum taug kev hauv Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) ceremony Thursday ntawm Washington Technology Magnet School ntawm St. Paul's North End.
Txaus siab los ntawm kev qhia txog kev qhuab qhia thiab qhov tseeb, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm John Thein tau hais tias: "Koj tau teeb tsa lub siab rau koj cov tub ntxhais kawm ua raws."
Ob peb teev tom qab ntawd, txawm li cas los xij, qhov kev pom zoo ntxiv rau Air Force JROTC chav nyob ntawm Highland Park Senior High tau dhau mus zoo li pob taws pob taws.
Cov niam txiv, cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov neeg hauv zej zog tau caw kom hnyav rau ntawm txoj kev npaj swatted ib sab Tub Rog Tub Rog tau hais txog "kev ncaj ncees, kev pabcuam ua ntej tus kheej thiab kev ua tau zoo hauv txhua yam peb ua," lambasting JROTC cov kev pabcuam raws li qhov tsis txaus siab nkag mus rau hauv cov tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov tub rog nyias nyias. nrhiav neeg ua hauj lwm.
Tus nqi nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm, feem ntau tau hais thiab feem ntau tsis lees paub los ntawm JROTC cov kws qhia thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm, tau coj lub siab xav mus rau lub rooj sib tham uas muaj txog 25 tus neeg.
“Cia tub rog tawm. Cia cov menyuam nyob ib leeg, ”Katherine Kleckner, ib tus neeg nyob hauv zej zog thiab yav tas los Como Park High tsev qiv ntawv. "Thaum lawv yog peb cov menyuam, peb yuav tsum ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau lawv, thiab nws tsis yog ua kom lawv ua tsov rog."
Kwv yees li tsib tus neeg tau hais lus pom zoo los ua Highland Park lub tsev kawm ntawv theem thib rau hauv St. Paul koog tsev kawm ntawv kom muaj JROTC txoj haujlwm.
Lwm tus tau thuam qhov xwm txheej ib sab ntawm JROTC kev nthuav qhia - coj los ntawm Col. Deon Ford, uas yog tus saib xyuas Air Force JROTC program ntawm Johnson High - thiab tsis muaj kev ceeb toom rau cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab tsis yog lus Askiv. Qhov ntawd tau ua rau Dana Abrams, hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv tus neeg saib xyuas, thiab Theresa Battle, tus thawj saib xyuas ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv theem siab, cog lus tias yuav tuav lwm lub rooj sib tham hauv zej zog ua ntej yuav muaj kev txav mus los coj Air Force mus rau Highland Park.
"Lawv tsis mus qhov twg lawv tsis txais tos," Battle hais tom qab lub rooj sib tham. “Peb hwm lub zej zog. Nws tsis yog rau txhua lub zej zog. "
Highland Park yog dawb thiab muaj txiaj ntsig ntau dua li North End - qhov sib txawv ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv ntawm ob lub tsev kawm ntawv theem siab. Ntawm Washington Technology Magnet, 89 feem pua ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm tsim nyog tau noj su dawb lossis txo tus nqi, ob npaug feem pua ntawm Highland Park. Tab sis Washington kuj yog ib lub hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv uas xav tau ntau tshaj plaws. Nws muaj cov npe tos ntawm 262 thaum kaw lub caij xaiv tsev kawm ntawv xyoo no.
Winston Tucker, tus thawj coj ntawm Highland Park, tau hais tias kev mus ntsib North End lub tsev kawm ntawv tau pab txhawb nws txoj kev txiav txim siab mus nrhiav JROTC txoj haujlwm. Cov tub ntxhais kawm ua tus txais tos thiab coj qhia hauv zej zog cov xwm txheej hauv tsev kawm ntawv, thiab Tucker tau hais tias lawv tau koom nrog nws li cas txoj haujlwm tau muab rau lawv paub txog kev koom tes thiab kev coj noj coj ua.
Highland Park kuj xav tau kev xaiv ntau dua, nws hais tias, qhov kev pom rov qab rau hnub Thursday hmo ntuj los ntawm ob peb niam txiv sib sau ua ke hauv tsev kawm ntawv tsev qiv ntawv.
Hauv nws qhov kev nthuav qhia, Ford tau hais tias nws yog tus kws qhia txog kev tshawb fawb txog kev tshawb fawb hauv dav hlau loj ntawm Johnson High yog nws txoj haujlwm nyiam. Ib nrab ntawm nws cov nyiaj them yog them los ntawm Air Force. Nws qhia "History of Flight" rau cov tub ntxhais kawm qib cuaj, thiab nws tau xa mus rau chav kawm muaj sia nyob raws li qhov nyiam ntawm cov tub rog. Xyoo tas los, cov tub ntxhais kawm tau mus rau Lebanon Hills Region Park hauv Eagan los kawm txuj ci xws li kev tsim hluav taws xob thiab dej huv. Cadets kuj mus flights thiab lem zaum nyob rau hauv lub cockpit.
"Kuv xav kom meej meej: Peb tsis yog ib txoj haujlwm nrhiav tub rog," nws hais. "Kuv txoj haujlwm yog muab cov cuab yeej rau lawv kom ua tiav hauv lub neej."
Lub tswv yim ntawm cov neeg thuam hais tias hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv tsis tuaj yeem them nws qhov kev npaj $ 100,000 feem ntawm JROTC qhov kev pab cuam $ 200,000 ib xyoos ib zaug, tsis yog thaum kos duab thiab suab paj nruag raug txiav; hais tias kev qhia yog "tus kws qhia txoj haujlwm," thiab tsis yog ib tus thawj coj; hais tias chav sib tham muaj tsawg tus neeg ntawm cov xim, zoo li ntau tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm cov kab hauv ntej hauv kev ua tsov ua rog, thiab cov tub rog paub tias muaj khaub ncaws hauv tsev kawm ntawv tuaj yeem yog txoj hauv kev ntxias kom tau txais cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv.
Brad Sigal, ib tug niam txiv hauv tsev kawm theem nrab, tau hais ntxiv tias JROTC txoj haujlwm tseem yuav tshwm sim tsis sib xws nrog Highland Park's International Baccalaureate (IB) program, uas hais kom cov tub ntxhais kawm ua haujlwm los tsim lub ntiaj teb zoo dua thiab muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. Tucker, hauv kev xam phaj, tau hais tias nws ntseeg tias JROTC haum rau IB txoj haujlwm los ntawm kev txhawb nqa kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev pabcuam hauv zej zog, nrog rau qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua cov neeg xav zoo txaus siab rau kev pheej hmoo.
Ntawm Washington Technology Magnet, qhov twg ob ntawm 22 tus tub ntxhais kawm qib siab tau sau npe ua tub rog tom qab xyoo kawm ntawv 2014-15, cov laus Yan Zhou Chen npaj yuav thov rau Tufts University thiab mus nrhiav haujlwm hauv chemical engineering.
Ntaj ntawm tes, nws tau coj cov tub ntxhais kawm los ntawm kev xyaum ua haujlwm rau hnub Thursday, zaj dab neeg tsis zoo uas nws tau koom nrog JROTC nkaus xwb vim tias tus phooj ywg ua.
Raws li ib tug tub ntxhais kawm qib cuaj hauv JROTC, Zhou Chen tau hais tias, "koj yog koj lub hom phiaj," xyuas kom koj cov khaub ncaws zoo li ntse thiab koj ua raws li cov lus txib. Thaum kawg, koj coj lwm tus thiab muaj lub luag haujlwm rau kev cob qhia thiab kev nce qib ntawm koj cov tub rog, nws hais. Nug nws qhia dab tsi rau cov tub ntxhais kawm uas xav paub seb lawv puas yuav los ua tub rog, nws teb hauv e-mail: "Zoo heev, koom nrog!"
Txog kev xaiv tsis mus ua tub rog, nws hais tias nws yog kev pab rau nws niam nws txiv.
