
{"id":7779,"date":"2009-10-29T10:40:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=7779"},"modified":"2009-10-29T10:40:14","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T18:40:14","slug":"endorsement-letter-for-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/10\/29\/endorsement-letter-for-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Endorsement Letter: For Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I first heard that Dr. Joseph M. Green was running for a position on the school board, I was elated.<!--more--> Though I am neither a governor nor mayor, nor administrator nor teacher, I feel what I have to say is significant, seeing that I am one of Green\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prot\u00c3\u00a9g\u00c3\u00a9s. In this regard, I am a product of his devout commitment to students. Having been educated and advised by Green, I can honestly say that one of the major reasons I am currently pursuing my doctorate degree is in large part due to his unwavering mentorship. <\/p>\n<p>During the time that I have known Green, he has consistently reinforced several timeless and valuable tenets. Green taught me that I must not settle for mediocrity; that although life presents its own set of challenges, I must persevere if I am to truly make my life purposeful. He taught me to never allow someone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s opinion of me to influence the way that I see myself; that is, I am only as great as I think I am, and not necessarily how others perceive me. <\/p>\n<p>During my academic toils, Green reiterated that education is important, and in order to progress I must be tenacious as well as educated. Even to this day, Green\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mantra is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You can do this!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d By \u00e2\u20ac\u0153this,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he means anything that I set forth to do \u00e2\u20ac\u201c suggesting the world is my playground and my opportunities are limitless. Surprisingly, I am no anomaly in this regard, as Green shares these tenets with all of his students. <\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, if you want someone you can trust, a person who views truthfulness as a necessity and who refuses to be sideswiped by politics, Green can be your representative. He has been, and continues to be, these things for others, as well as myself. Frankly, I could not recommend anyone better to lead the Chapel-Hill-Carrboro school district other than my mentor, the incomparable, Dr. Joseph M. Green. <\/p>\n<p>BETTIE RAY BUTLER, M.A.<br \/>\nCollege Station, Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first heard that Dr. Joseph M. Green was running for a position on the school board, I was elated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7780,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7779\/revisions\/7780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}