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Friday, February 10, 2012

Nutter awards students with sports tickets for their hard work

Mayor Nutter’s message to a group of students this afternoon in City Hall was simple: stay in school, graduate and do something positive.

“The most important thing is to think for yourself… don’t follow the crowd,” Nutter said. “Stay on the straight and narrow. Stay away from bad people, stay away from negative people.”

Nutter gave 170 high school students two tickets each to attend sporting events throughout the city –at Lincoln Financial Field, Citizens Bank Park and the Wells Fargo Center as part of the Mayor’s VIP Program, which awards tickets to sophomores in public, private, charter and parochial schools for their hardwork. So far, for the 2011-2012 school year, 760 tickets have been given out.

Tickets are also provided to events at Temple Univeristy and St. Joseph's University.

Nutter encouraged the students to go to college or a trade school after high school.

“There has to be more learning, more education after high school,” Nutter said. “It’s important that you graduate from high school, but it’s equally important you go on after that.”

Posted by Jan Ransom @ 5:55 PM Permalink | 16 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:51 PM, 02/11/2012

he is just rewarding kids who are doing the right thing. just like in any district.

— high water

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:49 PM, 02/10/2012

Spreadheadpa it is a different day.You need to know that many kid come from depressed,poor,and negative enviroments.So for the mayor,a neighbor,teacher.store owner to give a good kid a prize for being good is doing what is needed.Iwould not call you a hater but someone who is just not informed.

— Andrew Grier

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:12 PM, 02/10/2012

Mr. Mayor, your bar is too low. Don't reward kids for doing what is expected of them -- reward them for excellence. Merely staying in school and graduating is simply not enough.

— aviator

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:13 PM, 02/10/2012

My son was one of those students who received an award & tickets today. One of the speakers said that teens are always in the news when they get into trouble, it's time to put the good teens on the front page. I agree. These are not brides, they are rewards. They are given after the fact. My son is an honor student. My daughter is an honor student as well. I would consider that "excellence".

— songbird

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:14 PM, 02/10/2012

Sorry, I meant bribes, not brides.

— songbird

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:12 AM, 02/11/2012

In my day, you went to school, you did what you were supposed to do at school, you graduated from high school, you then went on to college. No one asked you if you wanted to go to college, you went and you did what you were supposed to do to ensure that you graduated from college. You graduated, you came out and found a job and you went to work and became a productive member of society and went back to college to earn additional degrees and still continued to work. End of story. Somehow, I liked those days so much better.

— LadySLR

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:24 AM, 02/11/2012

I'm for any positive spin, on a positive notion, instead of reading about the minority negative actions of kid's who don't care!!!

— Dadair1

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:50 AM, 02/11/2012

another photo op by the master of symbolism but he accomplishes nothing the city is at it's worse point since that idiot goode was mayor these tickets are nothing but photo ops so that nutter can fund raise with his rittenhouse square liberals resign nutter resign

— the commodore

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:16 PM, 02/11/2012

i don't know what gets you blocked but i made a comment about what these kids grow up with and it got blocked. no insults, no cusring. one reference to adult ent. on internet. totally crazy censorship. yet never any censoring of republicans. i have a feeling philly.com is some shadowy branch of Koch. criticism of repuglicans gets blocked.

— high water

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:37 PM, 02/11/2012

well its good to see kids thats doing the right thing get some shine... now the task will be, if the continue on the right path, finishin school getting a degree or trade and then comes finding a job... Times has change. A job is not promised and the average job salary will not make ends meet. Hopefully parents can find free money for their children schooling because a job is not guarantee after being in debt to colleges... TImes have changed its not easy let they make itout to be....

— noncents

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:15 PM, 02/11/2012

Dear typically pessimistic idiotic Philadelphians who not surprisingly read the Daily News more than any other news source: chill the f*** out. The Mayor is rewarding kids who did something good. I'm sorry you never got rewarded for anything because your parents were too busy sludging their way through their own problems to notice something positive you did, but guess what? Thankfully, some people understand that you get better results from people when you reward and acknowledge them when they do good than just berate and spank them when they do wrong. This is probably why your kids are making all the same mistakes that you did. Grow up and wake up.

— memememe

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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

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