Letter to Mr. Kristof

Dear Mr. Kristof,

          We, the secondary 2 class in Shekou, China, have read your opinionated article “ Obama and the War on Brains.” I thought you presented yourself as a very cocky, self-confident criticizer. You’re approach to intellectuality and what you expected from it is, in my opinion, extremely biased to the your obvious favorite. You have the right as a person to the freedom of speech, and of expression. Yet, I do not understand how you could make this a public issue and bring it up on a well-visited news website. I understand your point on people hiding their “brains” and not wanting to seem wimpy, however you must know we are all people and not everyone is perfect. You must look at the good rather than the bad, although the bad can sometimes overshadow the good. Personally, another aspect I didn’t understand, is how much time you spent piecing this article together, and ended up still criticizing all the people you mentioned in your essay. It is a personal thing as you can tell from my point of view, yet the intensity of your comparison does not fit the issue. Sorry.

Regards,

Stefan Riemens

Shekou Quality Schools International

Secondary II