> A protest about a certain toxin based on WHAT
details did he say? Please, I beg you, do
clarify. This sounds mighty strange and as a
chemist (among other things), I'm both alarmed and
concerned that your teacher would take this step.

Well, we were actually fairly flexible in our
subjects. The basic criteria were that we had to
write concerning the effects of our predesignated
toxin on the the San Francisco Bay, and the letter
had to basically address this issue in a relevant
manner. For example, my group wrote to the San
Francisco Board of Directors about a bit of
legislation that they had passed, and we
encouraged them to enact a certain part of it that
was being ignored. I don't really understand the
assignment at all. I'll check to see if the other
class did the letter. I'm curious because the
other class has a teacher who isn't a hippie.

Finchplu