Excerpts from letters written by sixth-graders about graffiti at Rosemead's Savannah Elementary School (Times Dec. 6, 1992) inspired sophomore English teacher Karen Blumenfeld to propose an assignment in argumentative writing to her students at Ganesha High School in Pomona.
Their views on graffiti, ranging from admiration to fear to disgust to resignation, came in a deluge of 88 letters. "Thank you for 'Children React to Graffiti Problem'--it led me to an exciting assignment in which nearly all students got involved. This is a real accomplishment," Blumenfeld wrote.
