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Please Mr. Singapore Airlines. Let Sir Malcolm Stay

8th February 2006
Dear Singapore Airlines,
I am currently a volunteer in the Philippines. I have been here about four and a half months teaching at Pulao Elementary School. I take three classes and run three tutorial groups.

My original ticket has my return date as March the 17^th. This is a problem because the kids really want me to attend their graduation, which is in the first week of April. I contacted the lovely Mel Perkins at the Dunedin Flight Center. She initially told me that there would be no charge. Upon contacting you though, she learnt that there would be an additional $375 charge. To put this in perspective, this is 16,000 pesos in the local currency, which is far more money than any of the kids at Pulao will ever see.

I can't afford the $375, particularly with my upcoming trips to Africa, where I will working at a Refugee camp and helping out with the HIV/Aids epidemic.

This places me in a bit of a bind. I can't afford the $375, but I don't want to break the kids' hearts by not attending their graduation.

Rather than telling you how unfair I think the $375 "administration" charge is, I thought I'd let the kids tell you why the want me to stay for their graduation.

Here are pictures of the grades I teach: Grade 4, Grade 5 and Grade 6. Notice how upset they are at the thought of me leaving. One kid told me that she is praying every night that I will stay for graduation.

The kids also wrote some letters. The are 75 letters in all. It is impractical to post them all, so I have taken pictures of some of them. These are shown below. They asked me to ask you to please forgive their poor English. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view of the letter.

So, I ask you to please waive the $375 charge so that I can attend these students graduation.

Yours in good faith,

Malcolm Trevena

	Dear Mr. Singapore Airlines, Please let Sir Malcolm stay here, because I want him to attend our GRADUATION PARTY on month of April. I will be sad if Sir Malcolm will go back to New Zealand. My classmates will be sad also because he cannot stay here in Philippines until graduation. Please Mr. Singapore Airlines. We will miss his teaching here in Pulao Elementay School. Sir Malcolm is very Ka Pai in the whole world Please!!! Please!!! Please!!! Student of Sir Malcolm Angee Dubos
	Dear Mr. Singapore Airlines, Please let Sir Malcolm stay here in our place. We really mis him because his some kind of very good teacher and friend to us. We learn many thing on him. We really love him!!! Please forgive our favor. We need him here! Your Pupil Rona Lyn Guelos
	Dear Mr. Singapore Airlines, We want Sir Malcolm stay until, "APRIL 8", because he is our favorite teacher of all volunteers. PLEASE LET SIR MALCOLM STAY
	Dear Mr. Singapore Airlines, PLEASE LET SIR MALCOLM stay here in Philippines. Because I want him to attend in our graduation on April. And I want Sir Malcolm because he is very will in teaching in Math. If will Sir Malcolm go back in New Zealand. We will be sad when he go back in New Zealand. PLEASE let Sir Malcolm stay here until in Month of April. Please!!! Please!!! Sir Malcolm's Student Perly Singson
	Dear Mr. Singapore Airlines, Mr. Singapore Airlines we don't like Sir Malcolm Go back their in New Zealand. Because we get sad when Sir Malcolm go back their. What is wrong that you need to go back their. He is very nice teacher he love use their in Philippines. We get sad when Sir Malcolm get back their in N.Z. because he cant attend our graduation on April 8. Please don't Sir Malcolm go back thier in New Zealand before our Graduation
	Dear Mr. Singapore Airlines, PLEASE Sir Malcolm Don't get in the Philippines. Because Sir Malcolm Stay in The Philippines. For he attend MY graduation in April 4 at PULAO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: BECAUSE SIR MALCOLM IS VERY NICE TEACHER AND FRIENDLY TO ALL MY PUPILS IN PULAO. From YOLLY
	Dear Mr. Singapore Airlines, Please let Sir Malcolm stay here and attend here graduation. I don't like Sir Malcolm go back New Zealand because Sir Malcolm is a good teacher and gentleman teacher. Good Luck! Why you want me to stay for graduation Please! Sherla Diaz
	Dear Mr. Singapore Airlines, Please let Sir Malcolm stay here for graduation. because he is a nice teacher and good teacher and i like Sir Malcolm because he is a happy teacher and he is kind teacher. Please! From Regie May
	Dear Mr Singapore Airlines, Please let Sir Malcolm stay her in the Philippines because I like to play Base Ball Ben Jay

And just to prove I have a sense of humor, I'll include this one as well

Dear Mr Singapore Airlines,
Please let Sir Malcolm stay. Because he make us laugh and he is my teacher in math and he tutor us and give us all he know in math. Sir Malcolm is very nice teacher and a clever old woman. Please let Sir Malcolm stay, if he won't attend graduation, we fill sad and also we dont want Sir Malcolm go! Please give us.

From Kristine Joy

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