Eminem A Quality Guy

Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin., Ward A, Edmonton Public School Trustee Candidate, #203, 8912-156 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5R 5Z2

October XIth, MMX

Hon. David G. Hancock, QC, MLA, Minister of Education, Progressive Conservative, Edmonton-Whitemud

Dear David:

Take a look at the piece from Www.CbsNews.Com/60Minutes. CNN's Anderson Cooper interviews rap artiste Eminem or Marshall Mathers The IIIrd about all of the highs & lows of his career. This fine young man was raised by a single mother & had II switch schools every three months all of his life. This was because of constant bullying & degradation in old school burned out & rotting Detroit City Proper.

Eminem picked himself off the mat countless times II become the world's greatest & biggest selling rap artiste. An amazing accomplishment IV a white man in a music for that is almost all black focused. He never got past Grade IX, failing it IIx beIV passing it. Here he is, self taught, self made & very rich. He has daughters & family who love him.

He has never forgotten his roots & still lives in Detroit where he constantly promotes the city that both made & destroyed him. He has been drug & alcohol free IV III years now.

I Can't Help But Want II Cheer Him On,

Rory

Source: Www.CbsNews.Com/60Minutes, a Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) News Magazine & Cable News Network's (CNN's) Anderson Cooper on Special Assignment IV "60 Minutes."