I graduated with the class of 2003. I was lucky enough to have
attended Live Oak High School while it had an animation
program.
Dear Editor,
I graduated with the class of 2003. I was lucky enough to have attended Live Oak High School while it had an animation program. Currently, Live Oak is in danger of losing the animation program and Mr. Brown-Korbel, despite a high registration rate. Mr. Brown-Korbel, “Mr. BK” to those who were fortunate enough to be one of his students, has an incredible ability to give every student in his class the same love, respect and most importantly, time. It never mattered to him what our reputation was, what our grades were in other classes, or what our class rank was. His confidence in me and in other students helped us to believe in our futures. I saw many other students from different backgrounds apply themselves to animation and a lot of it had to do with Mr. BK’s guidance and care.
Mr. BK sees that animation is a large part of the future and has worked incredibly hard to bring that technology to the students of Live Oak. Offering animation in a public high school such as Live Oak helps our district stand out from other public education systems. More and more top rated film companies are turning to animation for their special effects, such as the Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and X Men trilogies. Video Games have become state of the art animation programs. Job opportunities in these fields can provide graduating students a direction for their future.
It is a shame the school board thinks animation should be taken away from Mr. BK and even more importantly, from the students. If the school district really cared about their students and their student’s futures, they would think twice about making this terrible mistake.
Tom Tobar, Morgan Hill
Class of 2003
